Liu Yunshan
In September 2010, Shen was transferred to Beijing and appointed the Deputy Director of the Propaganda Department of the Communist Party of China, working as the assistant to then-Director Liu Yunshan. He remained in that position until April 2013, when he was promoted to become the Party Group Secretary of China Association for Science and Technology, the largest civic organization overseeing work in science and technology in China with a membership of over 430,000. At the 18th Party Congress Shen was also elected as a member of the 18th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.