Shandong State Security Department

Shandong State Security Department

山东省国家安全厅
Seal of the Ministry of State Security
Department overview
Formed	1983; 42 years ago (1983)
Jurisdiction	Shandong, China
Headquarters	Jinan, Shandong, China
Parent Ministry	Ministry of State Security

The Shandong State Security Department (SSSD; Chinese: 山东省国家安全厅) is a division of China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) responsible for intelligence collection and secret policing in the province of Shandong. The department commands several prolific subordinate city-level units including the state security bureaus (SSB) of the cities of Jinan and Qingdao.