APPENDIX II
LEADERS OF THE CCP AND PRC INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
Secretaries of the Central Commission of Political Science and Law or Central Politics and Law Commission (Zhongyang zhengfa weiyuanhui 中央政法委员 会, abbreviated to zhengfa):
1958: Peng Zhen, 彭真
1958–1960: Luo Ruiqing, 罗瑞卿
1960–1966: Xie Fuzhi, 谢富治
1969–1980: Ji Dengkui, 纪登奎
1980–1982: Peng Zhen, 彭真
1982–1985: Chen Pixian, 陈丕显
1985–1992: Qiao Shi, 乔石
1992–1998: Ren Jianxin, 任建新
1998–2007: Luo Gan, 罗干
2007–2012: Zhou Yongkang, 周永康 (jailed 2015)
2012–2017: Meng Jianzhu, 孟建柱
2017–: Guo Shengkun, 郭声琨
CCP Special Service Section (Zhongyang Tewuke 中央特务科, abbreviated to Teke) founded by Zhou Enlai on 11 November 1927:
1927–1928: Luo Yinong, 罗亦农
1928–1931: Chen Geng, 陈赓
1931: Gu Shunzhang, 顾顺章, later defects to Kuomintang
Social Affairs Department (SAD):
1938–1946: Kang Sheng, 康生
1946–1959: Li Kenong, 李克农
1959 under Soviet influence, the SAD is closed
Diaochabu (CCP Central Investigation Department):
1955–1961: Li Kenong, 李克农
1961–1966: Kong Yuan, 孔原
1966–1967: Zou Dapeng, [邹大鹏] (assassinated by Red Guards in 1967?)
1966–1969: Luo Qingchang, 罗青长
[Summer 1978, the Diaochabu is re-established]
1978–1984: Luo Qingchang, 罗青长
[In 1983: The Diaochabu is merged with the new Guoanbu, while two smaller sections remain at Central Committee level: the Investigation and Research Office (diaochaju 调查局) and the Research and Study Office (diaoyanju 调研局).]
International Liaison Department (ILD):
1951–1966: Wang Jiaxiang, 王稼详
1959–1960: Wu Xiuquan, 伍修权
1966–1970: Kang Sheng, 康生
1971–1979: Geng Biao, 耿飚
1979–1982: Ji Pengfei, 姬鹏飞
1982–1983: Qiao Shi, 乔石
1983–1985: Qian Liren, 钱李仁
1985–1993: Zhu Liang, 朱良
1993–1997: Li Shuzheng (f.), 李淑铮
1997–2003: Dai Bingguo, 戴秉国
2004–2016: Wang Jiarui, 王家瑞
2016–: Song Tao, 宋涛
United Front Work Department (UFWD):
1938–1942: Zhou Enlai, 周恩来
1942–1947: Wang Ming, 王明
1947–1948: Zhou Enlai, 周恩来
1948–1964: Li Weihan, 李维汉
1964–1966: Xu Bing, 徐冰
Interruption during the Cultural Revolution (1966–1975)
1976: Li Dazhang, 李大章
1977–1982: Ulanfu or Ulanhu, 鸟阑夫
1982–1985: Yang Jingren, 杨静仁
1985–1989: Yan Mingfu, 阎明复
End of 1989–22 November 1990 no director (following Tiananmen crisis)
1990–1992: Ding Guangen, 丁关根
1992–2000: Wang Zhaoguo, 王兆国
2002–2007: Liu Yandong (f.), 刘延东
2007–2012: Du Qinglin, 杜青林
2012–2014: Ling Jihua, 令计划
2014–2017: Sun Chunlan (f.), 孙春兰
2017–: You Quan, 尤权
Gonganbu:
1949–1959: Luo Ruiqing, 罗瑞卿
1959–1972: Xie Fuzhi, 谢富治
1972–1973: Li Zhen, 李震
1973–1976: Hua Guofeng, 华国峰
1977–1983: Zhao Cangbi, 赵苍壁
1983–1985: Liu Fuzhi, 刘复之
1985–1987: Ruan Chongwu, 阮崇武
1987–1990: Wang Fang, 王芳
1990–1997: Tao Siju, 陶驷驹
1997–2002: Jia Chunwang, 贾春旺
2002–2007: Zhou Yongkang, 周永康
2007–2017: Meng Jianzhu, 孟建住
2012–2017: Guo Shengkun, 郭声琨
2017–: Zhao Kezhi, 赵克志
Gonganbu 1st Bureau—National Bureau for the Protection of State Secrets
1949–1950: Yang Qiqing, 杨奇清 (arrested in 1968 during the Cultural Revolution)
1950–1953: Chen Long, 陈龙
1953–1964: Ling Yun, 凌云
1964–1966: Mu Fengyun, 募丰韵 (demoted in August 1966 during the Cultural Revolution)
1980–1982: Tao Siju, 陶驷驹
1982–1990: Tan Songqiu, 潭松裘
1990–2002: Chen Fangfang, 陈芳芳 (Tao Siju’s wife)
2003–2009: Chen Zhimin, 陈智敏
2011–2012: Li Jiangzhou, 李江舟
2012–2013: Bai Shaokang, 白少康
2013–: Sun Lijun, 孙力军
Guoanbu:
1983–1986: Ling Yun, 凌云
1986–1997: Jia Chunwang, 贾春旺
1997–2007: Xu Yongyue, 许永跃
2007–2016: Geng Huichang, 耿惠昌
2017–: Chen Wenqing, 陈文清
People’s Liberation Army deputy chiefs of staff (i/c intelligence):
1950s: Li Tao, 李涛
1953: Li Kenong, 李克农
1975–1980: Wu Xiuquan, 伍修权
1980: Yang Yong, 杨勇
1982–1992: Xu Xin, 徐信
1992–1996: Xiong Guangkai, 熊光楷
1999–2006: Luo Yudong, 罗宇栋
2006–2007: Zhang Qingsheng, 章沁生
2007–2009: Chen Xiaogong, 陈小功
2009–2012: Sun Jianguo, 孙建国
2012: Ma Xiaotian, 马晓天 replaced by Qi Jianguo 戚建国
2015: Wang Guanzhong, 王冠中
2016: A deputy chief of the new Joint Staff Department, Admiral Sun Jianguo [孙建国] is put in charge of strategic intelligence.
PLA2:
1932: Wu Xiuquan, 伍修权
–1938: Luo Ruiqing, 罗瑞卿
1938–1946: Kang Sheng, 康生
1948–1949: Li Kenong, 李克农
1950–1953: Li Kenong, 李克农 Head of new General Intelligence Department (zongqingbaoju) dissolved; at the same time the PLA2 was directed by…
1950–1951: Liu Zhijian, 刘志坚
1952–1954: Yan Kuiyao, 阎揆要
1954–1967: Liu Shaowen, 刘少文
1967–1969: Shen Shazi, 渗砂子
1970–1975: Zhang Ting, 张廷
1975–1978: Peng Mingzhi, 彭明治
1978–1982: Liu Guangfu, 刘光甫
1982–1985: Zhang Zhongru, 张中如
1988: Wu Jinfa, 戊进法 (or Cao Xin 曹信?)
1988–1992: Xiong Guangkai, 熊光楷
1993–1995: Luo Yudong, 罗宇栋
1995–1999: Ji Shengde, 姬胜德 (jailed for corruption)
1999–2001: Chen Kaizeng, 陈开曾
2001–2003: Luo Yudong, 罗宇栋
2004–2006: Huang Baifu, 黄柏富
2006–2007: Chen Xiaogong, 陈小功
2007–2011: Yang Hui, 杨晖
2011–2015: Chen Youyi, 陈友谊
2015: Wang Xiao, 王肖
2016: The PLA2 is renamed the Intelligence Bureau (Qingbaoju 情报局) under the new Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission, led by Chen Youyi.
PLA3:
1949: Kong Yuan, 孔原
1950s–1960s: Wang Zheng 王诤
1954–1959: Li Tao, 李涛
1959–1967: Peng Fuqiu, 彭富九
1967–1969: Hu Bingyun, 胡病云
1969–1974: Hu Beiwen, 胡备文
1974–1975: Peng Fuqiu, 彭富九
1975–1982: Dai Jingyuan, 戴镜元
1982–1984: Jiang Zhong, 姜钟
1984–1990: Gu Zhaoqun, 贾朝群
1989–1992: Wei Chongbao, 卫崇保
1993: Wang Jianren, 王健仁
1993–1996: Shi Quan, 时权
1996–1999: Zhang Xiaoyang, 张小阳
2000–2005: Qiu Rulin, 邱如林
2006–2010: Wu Guohua, 吴国华
2010–2014: Liu Xiaobei, 刘晓北
2014–2015: Meng Xuezheng, 孟学政
2015: Huang Jiwen, 黄继文
2016: The PLA3 becomes the core unit of the new Strategic Support Force (SSF).
PLA4:
2000: Dai Qingmin, 戴清民
2005: Zeng Zhanping, 曾占平
2015: Yang Shuai, 杨帅
2016: The PLA4 is transferred to the new Strategic Support Force (SSF).
PLA5 (5th General Staff Department in charge of communications, Zong canmo bu Tongxin Bu 总参谋部通信部; renamed the Information Department, Zong canmo Xinxihua Bu 信息化部, in June 2011):
1930s: Pan Feng
1961–1968 and 1977–1979: Jiang Wen, 江文
1981: Cui Lun, 催伦
1999–2005: Xu Xiaoyan, 徐小岩
2006: Zhang Xuncai, 张训才
2008: Chen Dong, 陈东
2015: Yang Liming, 杨黎明
2016: The PLA5 is transferred to the new Strategic Support Force (SSF).
PLA GPD (General Political Department) Liaison Department (Zongzheng Lianluo bu 总政联络部—responsible for undercover intelligence work abroad, with Taiwan as prime target; originally part of the PLA Enemy Work Department; its cover was the China Association for International Friendly Contacts or CAIFC):
1955–1966: Zhang Zizhen, 张梓桢
[dissolved and re-established after the Cultural Revolution]
1975–1984: Yang Side, 杨斯德
1985–1990: Jin Li, 金黎
1990–1998: Ye Xuanning, 叶选宁
1999–2007: Liang Hongchang, 梁宏昌
2007–2012: Xing Yunming, 邢运明
2012–: Zhang Yang, 张阳
2016: Renamed the Political Work Department under Central Military Commission, headed by Miao Hua 苗华 with a new Liaison Bureau (Lianluoju 联络局).
PLA GPD Security Department (Zongzheng baowei bu 总政保卫部):
1930s: Luo Ruiqing, 罗瑞卿
1980–: Shi Jinqian, 史近前
1990: Yang Baibing, 杨白冰
1993: Zhou Ziyu, 周子玉
1994–1999: Zhang Zhenhua, 张振华
1999–2005: Li Guang, 李光
2005: Zhang Hui, 张辉
2010–: Yu Shanjun, 于善軍