Wang Dongxing
After the Communist victory and the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Luo Qingchang joined the Liaison Department (which became China's primary civilian intelligence agency) working under Li Kenong. In 1955, the Liaison Department became the Central Investigation Department (CID), with Luo serving as chief of staff () and eventually, from the early 1960s, Deputy Director. During the early years of the People's Republic, Luo worked closely with Premier Zhou Enlai and with Wang Dongxing, Mao Zedong's head of security, and these two friendships would help him survive the turmoil of the Cultural Revolution relatively unscathed.