Hu Binchen

Hu Binchen (, born December 1971) is a Chinese police official and politician currently serving as Vice Governor of Jiangsu Province. He also serves as Head and Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Public Security Department, Chief Inspector, and Deputy Secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Political and Legal Affairs Commission.

Biography

Hu has held numerous domestic and international law enforcement positions. He served as Director of the Americas and Oceania Division in the Ministry of Public Security's Bureau of International Cooperation, and was later posted as Police Attaché to the Chinese Embassy in the United States.

He was promoted to deputy director, then Party Secretary and Director of the Bureau. In 2021, he became a member of the executive committee for Asia at INTERPOL.

In March 2024, he was appointed Assistant Minister of Public Security, concurrently serving as Director and Party Secretary of the Ministry's 19th Bureau. In July 2024, he additionally assumed the role of Director and Party Secretary of the General Office of the Ministry of Public Security.

In May 2025, he was appointed as a member of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Government's Party Leadership Group, Vice Governor, and Director and Secretary of the Provincial Public Security Department. He also assumed the role of Chief Inspector and Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Political and Legal Affairs Commission.