Bi Baowen

After graduation in July 1980, Bi was despathed to the Cultural Security Department of the Shandong Provincial Public Security Department as a clerk, and later as a staff member in November 1984, deputy section chief in May 1989, and section chief in June 1993.^[2] During that time, he joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in April 1985.^[2] In June 1995, he became deputy director and deputy party secretary of Rizhao Municipal Public Security Bureau, rising to director and party secretary in September 1999.^[2] He was director and party secretary of Binzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau in September 2001, in addition to serving as assistant to the mayor since December 2004.^[2] He was promoted to deputy head of Shandong Provincial Public Security Department in December 2006.^[2] In January 2015 he was promoted again to become executive deputy head.^[2]

In May 2016, Bi was transferred to northeast China's Heilongjiang province, marking his first assignment outside Shandong.^[2] He was appointed head, party secretary, and supervisor of the Heilongjiang Provincial Public Security Department.^[2] He concurrently served as vice governor of Heilongjiang since April 2017.^[2] He retired on 21 August 2020.^[1]

On 20 November 2025, Bi was under investigation for "suspected serious disciplinary and legal violations" by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the party's internal disciplinary body, and the National Supervisory Commission, the highest anti-corruption agency of China.^[3]