Shanghai State Security Bureau

Shanghai State Security Bureau

Chinese: 上海市国家安全局
Shanghai Secrecy Administration Bureau logo
SSSB headquarters as seen from the Lupu Bridge with the Huangpu river at left
Ministry overview
Formed	April 1984; 40 years ago (1984-04)[1]
Preceding ministry	Shanghai Public Security Bureau
Jurisdiction	Shanghai, China
Headquarters	1 Ruining Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai, China 31°11′30″N 121°28′01″E / 31.1917°N 121.4670°E / 31.1917; 121.4670
Employees	Classified, at least 10,000
Annual budget	Classified
Ministry executive	Huang Baokun (黄宝坤), Director
Parent department	Central National Security Commission Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission Shanghai Municipal Party Committee
Parent ministry	Ministry of State Security
Website	www.shjsb.gov.cn

The Shanghai State Security Bureau (SSSB; Chinese: 上海市国家安全局) is a municipal bureau of China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) charged with intelligence operations in the country's most populous city.^[2] With tens of thousands of employees, it is one of the most aggressive and internationally active units of the MSS, conducting long-term global foreign espionage operations and major cyberespionage campaigns which stretch far beyond the Shanghai metropolis.^[3] The bureau acts in concert with the Shanghai Municipal Party Secrecy Committee, and the two represent themselves publicly as one institution, a front called the Shanghai Secrecy Administration Bureau (SSAB, Chinese: 上海市国家保密局).^[4]

The Shanghai bureau is one of the most prolific MSS units targeting the United States; it also conducts elaborate operations to target and influence the Buddhist community in Asia.^[5][6][3] The bureau maintains an "immense business empire" of front companies in property development, international shipping and telecommunications,^[3] and operates at least 18 subordinate branch offices, one in every administrative division of the city.^[5]

The headquarters of the SSSB is 1 Ruining Road in the Xuhui District near the Lupu Bridge. The building is bordered on three sides by water, situated at the confluence of the Huangpu river which bisects the entire city, and the Rihui river which serves as the border between the Xuhui and Huangpu districts.^[3] The building is a glass high rise office tower with space for 10,000 employees. It is the largest of several large SSSB facilities in the city.^[3]