According to Xinhua News Agency, Wang Shaojun, former deputy director of the Central Office of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and head of the Security Bureau, and former Major General and head of the Security Bureau of the Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission, passed away in Beijing on April 26 due to ineffective medical treatment. He was 67 years old.
Public records show that Wang Shaojun was from Qinghe County, Hebei Province. He enlisted in the army in 1969 and joined the Communist Party of China in 1975. He successively held the positions of platoon leader, company commander, battalion commander, director of the teaching and research office, section chief, regiment commander, chief of staff, deputy regiment commander, executive deputy regiment commander, deputy military secretary of the guard, and executive deputy director. He was also a delegate to the 19th National Congress of the CPC and a standing committee member of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). In 2016, he was promoted to the rank of Major General. Xinhua News Agency stated that Wang Shaojun made contributions to the revolutionary, modern, and regular construction of the army.
According to Radio France Internationale (RFI), the head of the Central Security Bureau, colloquially known as the “Guardian of Zhongnanhai” or the “Bodyguard of Zhongnanhai”, is responsible for the security of the “leaders of the Party and the State,” a position shrouded in mystery. However, the announcement of Wang Shaojun’s death was made three months after his demise, with his title merely indicated as “former deputy director of the Central Office of the CPC and head of the Security Bureau.” The exact tenure of his role as the “head of the Central Security Bureau” remains unclear. The reasons for the three-month delay in announcing his death are even more puzzling.