A lifelong public security official with a specialty in anti-terrorism operations, He served two regional tenures before being transferred to Chongqing to take over local law enforcement from disgraced police chief Wang Lijun.
[1] In 2007, He was transferred to the northwestern interior and was named assistant to the Governor in Gansu province, and provincial police chief.
[4] In June, his profile was pulled from the Chongqing government website, leading to widespread speculation that he had fallen into disgrace.
Less than a month later, Chongqing CCP committee secretary Sun Zhengcai, also a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party, was removed from office.
He Ting had reportedly boasted about his relationship with Sun during his tenure in Chongqing, possibly due to their sharing the same hometown in Shandong.
[6][7] On October 9, 2017, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced the expulsion of He Ting from the CCP for violating "many rules and regulations."