Chen Wenqing, male, Han ethnicity, was born in January 1960 and is from Renshou, Sichuan Province. He began his first job in July 1984 and joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in March 1983. Chen graduated from Department of Law, Southwest China Institute of Political Science and Law where he completed an undergraduate program in law.

Chen is currently a member of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau, a member of the CPC Central Committee Secretariat, and Minister and CPC Committee Secretary of the Ministry of State Security. He is a General Police Commissioner.