DUSHANBE, April 14, 2014, Asia-Plus – The Tajik MFA information department reports that China’s Minister of Public Security Guo Shengkun will pay an official visit to Tajikistan from April 18-20.

Guo Shengkun is a Chinese politician and business executive.  He is the Minister of Public Security of the People''s Republic of China, and one of the five State Councilors.  Previously Mr. Guo served as the Communist Party Chief of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and CEO of Aluminum Corporation of China, a major state-owned enterprise.

The Ministry of Public Security of the People''s Republic of China (MPS) is the principal police and security authority of the mainland of the People''s Republic of China and the government agency that exercises oversight over and is ultimately responsible for day-to-day law enforcement. As the main domestic security agency in the People''s Republic of China, the MPS is the equivalent of the National Police Agency in Japan or national police in other countries.  It also controls and administers the People''s Armed Police.