Rising 'anti-corruption star' Liu Jinguo: a man of many hats but no vulnerable past

Liu Jinguo, a police veteran and deputy party boss of the Communist Party's anti-graft watchdog, is one of the busiest men in Beijing as he oversees the police and efforts to tackle corruption and illegal cults.

Mainland media reported this week that the 59-year-old Hebei native became a member of the Central Politics and Law Commission in July, the latest addition to a series of titles he holds, according to his resume on a government website.

Liu's other hats include deputy party boss and vice-minister of public security, as well as party secretary and inspector general of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. He holds three other posts in offices dealing with illegal cults .

Considered a political rising star, Liu leads the investigation dubbed "fox hunt" that has resulted in the arrest of 180 suspects of economic crimes on the run in more than 40 countries.

He has handled some of the Ministry of Public Security's biggest crises as commander-in-chief, including the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan and the 2010 Dalian pipeline explosion.

Liu is the ideal figure to demonstrate the positive and upright leadership style promoted by President Xi Jinping , according to Xiao Bin , a political science professor at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou. Xiao also said it was not uncommon for cadres to be given multiple appointments in the capital.

But Beijing-based political commentator Zhang Lifan said it would have been rare in the past for cleanskins like Liu to be appointed to such important roles.