Xu Feihong has been appointed ambassador to India
According to the CGTN press group Weibo, on the morning of May 10, local time, China's new ambassador to India, Xu Feihong, arrived in New Delhi to take up his new post.
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According to public information, Xu Feihong, male, Han nationality, born in May 1964, graduated from university, and is a member of the Communist Party of China. Prior to his appointment, he served as a member of the Party Committee and assistant minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Xu Feihong served as Counsellor of the Department of European Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Director General of the Department of European Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Deputy Director General of the Department of Cadres of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Romania, and Director of the Service Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Organs and Overseas Institutions, and served as Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2021 until December 2023.
Sun Weidong, the former Chinese ambassador to India, was previously a member of the Party Committee and vice minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
At present, China's ambassadors to the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan, North Korea, India and Brazil are all at the vice ministerial level.
Zhao Zhiyuan has been appointed as the new assistant minister of foreign affairs
According to the website of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security on May 9, the State Council appoints and dismisses state workers. Zhao Zhiyuan was appointed assistant minister of foreign affairs.
According to the public resume, Zhao Zhiyuan was born in April 1968, a native of Penglai, Shandong, joined the party in November 1992, and joined the work in July 1990.
Zhao Zhiyuan has worked in Shandong for a long time, serving as a member of the party group of Weifang Municipal Government, assistant to the mayor, secretary of the Party Working Committee and director of the Management Committee of Weifang High-tech Development Zone, member of the Standing Committee of the Weifang Municipal Party Committee, deputy secretary-general of the Shandong Provincial Government, director of the Shandong Provincial Bureau of Geology and Mineral Exploration and Development, and secretary of the Party Committee. In October 2018, Zhao Zhiyuan served as the deputy secretary of the new Dongying Municipal Party Committee and acting mayor, and in January of the following year, he "went to Fuzheng".
In October 2020, Zhao Zhiyuan transferred to the diplomatic service as China's ambassador to Ethiopia. According to the official website of the Chinese Embassy in Ethiopia, on the evening of May 5, Ambassador Zhao Zhiyuan left his post and returned to China.
It is worth mentioning that in the national ministries and commissions, although the administrative level of the assistant minister is not at the provincial or ministerial level, it is generally included in the leadership team.
Zhang Jun was inaugurated as Secretary-General of the Boao Forum for Asia
According to the WeChat official account of the Boao Forum for Asia on April 30, recently, the Council of the Boao Forum for Asia passed a resolution to appoint Mr. Zhang Jun as the Secretary-General of the Boao Forum for Asia.
According to the public resume, Zhang Jun, born in August 1960, is a native of Jilin Province, with a bachelor's degree in law from Jilin University and a master's degree in international law from the University of Hull in the United Kingdom.
In 1984, Zhang Jun was appointed as a staff member of the Department of International Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1988, he was appointed Attaché of the General Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1990, he was appointed Third Secretary and Second Secretary of the Permanent Mission to the United Nations. In 1994, he was appointed Second Secretary, Deputy Director and Director of the Department of International Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1996, he studied at the University of Hull, UK. In 1999, he was appointed Director and Counsellor of the Department of International Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 2000, he was appointed as the deputy director of the Management Committee of Ningbo Economic and Technological Development Zone, Zhejiang Province.
In 2002, Zhang Jun was appointed Deputy Director-General of the Department of International Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 2004, he was transferred to the General Office of the State Council and served as Secretary to State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan. In 2007, he served as Ambassador to the Netherlands and Representative of the Permanent Mission to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
In 2012, Zhang Jun was appointed Director General of the Department of International Economy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 2018, he was appointed Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs. In 2019, Zhang Jun was appointed Permanent Representative and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to the United Nations, and was promoted to the rank of Vice Minister. In March 2024, Zhang Jun was elected as a member of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee.
On March 28, 2024, Zhang Jun left his post as China's Permanent Representative to the United Nations and resigned to UN Secretary-General António Guterres and others.
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