Guangdong-born Cantonese speaker Zheng Yanxig is the public face of the agency overseeing law enforcement in the city.
The backdrop to the campaign is that some new analysts may well serve him in his new role
Beijing surprised a senior Guangdong official by selecting the head of an all-powerful agency that oversees the implementation of national security law in Hong Kong, rather than a senior official on mainland law enforcement or intelligence.
But mainland analysts studying Hong Kong affairs, the appointment of Zheng Yanxiang, former secretary-general of the Guangzhou Communist Party Committee, said President Xi Jinping wants a hard liner to promote and defend the hardliner's office. "The public face". National security.
The day-to-day operations of the office are controlled by Zheng's two depots, Li Jiangzhou and Sun Qin. A former veteran public safety officer and since 2016 has worked in the central government liaison office in Hong Kong. According to government sources, Suraj is a senior official of the China Intelligence Agency.
The expanded office structure is not expected to be made public. According to official sources, most officers in the office are expected to have a low profile.
The National Security Office is the fourth Beijing outpost established in Hong Kong. It has the authority to oversee how the Hong Kong government implements national security legislation, as well as intelligence gathering and handling matters directly at its discretion. He is accused of working with foreign NGOs in Hong Kong and other central and local government agencies to tighten control over the media.
Zheng, 56, is a Cantonese speaker and has spent his political career in Guangdong. When Shanghai's administration made international headlines in 2011 in protest of the local government's acquisition of land in Wukan village, he was the secretary of the Shaanwei party.
After months of unrest and the arrest of the village leaders, the authorities made a rare deal with the protesters and the villagers elected their community leader directly, only to go to jail after five years on corruption charges.
Mainland analysts said Zheng was also familiar with the Hong Kong media and had to speak to the press at the time.
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