Appointed by the State Council: "Post-70s" Hua Chunying takes office!
On May 27, the State Council appointed and dismissed state staff. Appointed Hua Chunying as Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Hua Chunying, female, Han nationality, born in April 1970 in Jiangsu, university graduate, member of the Communist Party of China, served as staff member of the Department of Western Europe of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Attaché and Third Secretary of the Embassy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Singapore; Third Secretary and Deputy of the Department of Western Europe of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director; Second Secretary, First Secretary, Counselor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Mission to the EU; Counselor of the European Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, etc.
In 2012, Hua Chunying served as deputy director and spokesperson of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She is the fifth female spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs after Li Jinhua, Fan Huijuan, Zhang Qiyue and Jiang Yu. In July 2019, Hua Chunying succeeded Lu Kang as Director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In October 2021, Hua Chunying was appointed Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs, responsible for press, protocol and translation work.
According to media reports, Hua Chunying is the first "post-70s" deputy minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the third female deputy foreign minister after Wang Hairong and Fu Ying.
In addition to Hua Chunying, there are two more leaders of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs appointed by the State Council to take up new posts this year.
According to news on the website of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security on March 14, the State Council appointed Chen Xiaodong as Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Public information shows that Chen Xiaodong, male, Han nationality, from Lujiang, Anhui Province, born in December 1965, Master of Business Administration, member of the Communist Party of China. In 2017, Chen Xiaodong was appointed Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs, and in September 2020, he was appointed China's Ambassador to South Africa. On March 5, local time, Chen Xiaodong and his wife Zhang Bin held a farewell reception at the embassy. So far, I have taken on a new role.
The website of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security announced on May 9 that the State Council appoints and removes state workers. Zhao Zhiyuan was appointed Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs. The public resume shows that Zhao Zhiyuan, male, Han nationality, was born in April 1968 in Penglai, Shandong Province. He joined the Communist Party of China in November 1992 and started working in July 1990. He is an on-the-job graduate student and has a doctorate in management. Zhao Zhiyuan once served as mayor of Dongying City, Shandong Province. In October 2020, Zhao Zhiyuan served as China's ambassador to Ethiopia.
According to the "Main Officials" column of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website, there are currently 5 deputy ministers of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, namely Ma Zhaoxu, Sun Weidong, Chen Xiaodong, Deng Li, and Hua Chunying; and 2 assistant ministers, Miao Deyu and Zhao Zhiyuan.
Since the beginning of this year, many diplomats from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have returned to China to take up their new posts.
On May 20, the "Ministry Leaders" column of the official website of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was recently updated. According to the latest list, Lu Kang has been appointed as deputy minister of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China since March this year.
Lu Kang, born in May 1968, is a native of Taixing, Jiangsu Province. He started working in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in August 1992 and successively worked in the International Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Permanent Mission to the United Nations, and the International Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. , Arms Control Department, Embassy in Ireland, Department of International Affairs, Department of United States and Oceania of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Embassy in the United States, Information Department, Department of United States and Oceania of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Embassy in Indonesia, successively served as Deputy Director of the International Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Director of the Department of United States and Oceania Minister, Minister of the Embassy in the United States, Director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Director of the Department of United States and Oceania, etc. He will be appointed Ambassador to Indonesia in August 2021. In March 2024, he was appointed deputy minister of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
It was announced on April 10 that the Central People's Government decided to appoint Cui Jianchun as the Commissioner of the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Public resume shows that Cui Jianchun, male, born in July 1964, holds a Master of Business Administration. Cui Jianchun served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to the State of Kuwait, Deputy Director of the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and other positions.
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