Minister of State Security (China)

Minister of State Security
Sword and Shield of the MSS
Incumbent Chen Yixin 陈一新 since 30 October 2022
Ministry of State Security
Style	Minister
Status	Provincial-Ministerial level official
Member of	State Council
Reports to	Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission (CPLC)
Seat	Yidongyuan Compound, Xiyuan, Haidian District, Beijing, China
Nominator	Premier (chosen within the Chinese Communist Party)
Appointer	President with the confirmation of the National People's Congress or its Standing Committee
Term length	No fixed term
Precursor	Director of the Central Investigation Department
Formation	July 1, 1983; 40 years ago (1983-07-01)
First holder	Ling Yun (凌云)
Unofficial names	D/MSS
Deputy	Vice Minister of State Security

The minister of state security is a Chinese government position within the Constituent Departments of the State Council which functions as the head of the Ministry of State Security. The position reports directly to the head of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission (CPLC) of the Chinese Communist Party. Within the State Council, the position is ninth in order of precedence. All ministers of state security have held the position as civilians, though they are each awarded the police rank of chief superintendent.^[1] Like the minister of public security, the minister holds the police badge identification number 000001.^[1][2]