Career:

2012-Present       Executive Director, Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF)

2007-2012, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to the Republic of India

2005-2007,Director-General of Department of Disarmament and Arms Control, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of the People’s Republic of China

2002-2005, Permanent Representative and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Vienna, Austria (including UN Office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC)

Permanent Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Permanent Representative to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

Permanent Representative to the Preparatory Committee of Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT)

2001, Executive-Director (with Ambassadorial rank) of APEC Secretariat, based in Singapore

2000, Deputy Executive-Director (with Ambassadorial rank) of APEC Secretariat, based in Singapore

1998-1999, Senior Official (with Ambassador Title) of the People’s Republic of China to the Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)

1996-1998, Director-General of Foreign Affairs Office of the People’s Government of Yunnan Province, People’s Republic of China

1995-1996, Counsellor of Department of International Organizations and Conferences, MFA of the People’s Republic of China

1992-1995, First Secretary and Counsellor of Permanent Mission of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations, Alternative Member of Chinese Delegation on the UN Security Council, dealing with the Security Council, the General Assembly, the Trusteeship Council, Peace Keeping Issues and other political Committees

1990-1992, First Secretary of Permanent Mission of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations Office in Geneva and other International Organizations in Switzerland, dealing with Conference on Disarmament

1983-1990, Attaché, Deputy Director and Director of Department of International Organizations and Conferences, MFA

1978-1983, Staff, Attaché of Chinese Embassy in the Republic of Liberia

Education:

China National Administrative Institute, Oct–Dec 1995

Carleton University and McGill University, Canada, 1976–1978

Beijing Foreign Studies University, 1976