Born in Zhejiang Province in March 1955. Master of Arts.

1973-1977 

Teacher at No. 20 Middle School of Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, PRC

1977-1979 

Student at Hangzhou University

1979-1981 

Postgraduate at Beijing Foreign Studies University

1981-1983

Interpreter, Chinese Service, Department for General Assembly and Conference Management, UN Headquarters

1983-1986

Attaché, Deputy Office Director, Department of African Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)

1986-1987

Completed advanced studies at Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland

1987-1988

Second Secretary, Department of African Affairs, MFA

1988-1990

Second Secretary, Chinese Embassy in the Republic of Zimbabwe

1990-1992

Deputy Office Director and First Secretary, Department of International Organizations and Conferences, MFA

1992-1996

First Secretary and Counselor, Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations

1996-1997

Counselor, Department of International Organizations and Conferences, MFA

1997-1998

Deputy Director-General, Department of Arms Control and Disarmament, MFA

1998-2001

Minister Counselor, Minister, Chinese Embassy in the United States of America

2001-2006

Director-General, Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs, MFA

2006-2008

Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs

2008-2010

Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs

2010-

Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations Office at Geneva and Other International Organizations in Switzerland

Married with a daughter