China’s top police chief warns law enforcement to stay alert to risk of ‘colour revolution’ ahead of major Communist Party gathering

Public Security Minister Wang Xiahong urges security forces to uphold stability ahead of national congress in article for major party journal

Wang also hails mainland police’s role in supporting implementation of Hong Kong security law and pledges loyalty to Xi Jinping

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The Communist Party is preparing for a major leadership reshuffle next month. Photo: Reuters

Published: 1:00pm, 18 Sep 2022Updated: 2:37pm, 18 Sep 2022

China’s top police chief has hailed law enforcement’s role in supporting the implementation of Hong Kong’s national security law and urged police to stay alert to the risk of a “colour revolution” in an article for a leading Communist Party journal ahead of the year’s biggest political set piece.

In the article, Wang Xiaohong, the minister for public security, also stressed the importance of loyalty to President Xi Jinping and the leadership, urging law enforcement to “clear risks” and “maintain stability” ahead of next month’s party congress, where Xi is expected to secure a norm-breaking third term.

“Always place the prevention of political security risks first, coordinate efforts within and outside the country, online and offline, and carry out in-depth anti-infiltration, anti-subversion, anti-terrorist and anti-secession struggles to vigorously safeguard the security of state power, institutions and ideology.

“Focus on preventing and resisting ‘colour revolution’,” he wrote in Study Times, the official newspaper of the Central Party School, where top cadres are trained.

Beijing has long accused the US of inciting colour revolutions worldwide by infiltrating and subverting other countries to maintain its hegemony on the international stage.

Wang also took pride in Beijing’s efforts to support Hong Kong’s national security law.

“We firmly supported the Hong Kong and the Macau Police Force and other disciplined forces in performing their duties in accordance with the law, to ensure the effective implementation of the Hong Kong Basic Law, the Hong Kong national security law and other laws, to help Hong Kong achieve a major turnaround from chaos to governance, to maintain harmony and stability in Macau, and to escort the policy of ‘one country, two systems’,” Wang said.

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