Chai Zemin

Chai Zemin (

Sino-US relationship in 1979.^[2]

Early life

Chai Zemin was born in October 1916 in an ordinary family in Wenxi, Shanxi. After he graduated from high school, he became politically active and joined the Chinese Communist Party.

Chai's career as a diplomat started in December 1960 when he entered the

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China. He was appointed China's ambassador to Hungary in 1961, to Guinea in 1964, and to Egypt in 1970.^[3]

In 1975, China and

King of Thailand awarded him a White Elephant

Medal for his diplomatic achievement.

In the summer of 1978, China and the United States started

embassies

and appoint ambassadors to each other's country. Chai thus became the first China's ambassador to the United States thirty years after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

In the fall of 1981,

Doctor of Laws

on Chai for his contributions to China–US relations.

In 1983, Chai Zeming left his ambassador position and assumed the title of vice director of the Chinese Foreign Affairs Society, and had since been a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference for three terms.

In the early 1990s, Chai resigned his position at the Chinese Foreign Affairs Society, and afterwards, he became director and consultant of a number of other societies and organizations.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "中国驻美首任大使柴泽民在京逝世享年93岁-中国驻美首任大使,柴泽民".
^ "Chinese Ambassadors to the United States of America". www.fmprc.gov.cn. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
^ "Chinese Ambassadors to Egypt". eg.china-embassy.gov.cn. Retrieved 2022-11-16.

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by new office	China's Ambassador to Thailand January 1976-May 1978	Succeeded by Zhang Weilie
Preceded by (No ambassador 1949–1979)	Chinese Ambassador to the United States March 1979 – December 1982	Succeeded by Zhang Wenjin

[1] "中国驻美首任大使柴泽民在京逝世享年93岁-中国驻美首任大使,柴泽民".

[2] "Chinese Ambassadors to the United States of America". www.fmprc.gov.cn. Retrieved 2022-11-16.

[3] "Chinese Ambassadors to Egypt". eg.china-embassy.gov.cn. Retrieved 2022-11-16.

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