 Complete the following phrase:  On April 1st, 2017, Dong was promoted from regional intelligence operations to a national posting in Beijing, appointed director of the Political Department of the MSS Bureau No. 3. He was promoted quickly within the agency, and almost exactly a year later in late April 2018, he was appointed to his current position, Vice Minister of State Security. With higher office, his political stature continued to grow, serving as a representative at the communist partys 18th and 