 Meng responded to this by postponing the entire conference until all the required attendees arrived as a means to reprimand those who failed to show.He remained party chief of Jiangxi until October 28, 2007, when he was transferred to Beijing and appointed the Minister of the Public Security, replacing political heavyweight Zhou Yongkang, who was elevated to become a member of the Politburo Standing Committee.Meng became a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China in November 2012, following the 18th Party Congress.