Fu Ying
Fu Ying | ||
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傅莹 | ||
Chinese Ambassador to the United Kingdom | ||
In office March 2007 – February 2010 | ||
Preceded by | Zha Peixin | |
Succeeded by | Liu Xiaoming | |
Chinese Ambassador to Australia | ||
In office March 2004 – March 2007 | ||
Preceded by | Wu Tao | |
Succeeded by | Zhang Junsai | |
Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines | ||
In office March 1999 – April 2000 | ||
Preceded by | Guan Dengming | |
Succeeded by | Wang Chungui | |
Personal details | ||
Born | January 1953 (age 71) Hanyu Pinyin Fù Yíng | |
IPA | [fû ǐŋ] |
Fu Ying (born January 1953) is a Chinese politician and diplomat, best known for her terms as the ambassador to the Philippines, Australia, and the United Kingdom, as well as Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Early life
Fu was born in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, in 1953. Her father was a student of Ai Siqi and she is of Mongol descent.
An ethnic
Diplomatic career
In 1976, she became the official interpreter of the diplomatic service.
She led the Chinese Delegation during talks with North Korea that led to the latter country's decision (later reneged on) to abandon nuclear weapons.[1] From 2004 to 2007 she was the ambassador to Australia. She was the Chinese ambassador to the United Kingdom from March 2007 to 2009. In February 2010 she returned to China and was replaced by Liu Xiaoming.
Following her ambassadorship, Fu became the chairperson of the National People's Congress Foreign Affairs Committee.[2]: 82
Education
She graduated from the
Career
- 1978–1982 Attaché, Embassy in Romania
- 1982–1985 Attaché, Department of Translation and Interpretation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- 1985–1986 University of Kent[3]
- 1986–1990 Third Secretary, Second Secretary and Deputy Director, the Department of Translation and Interpretation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- 1990–1992 Deputy Director and First Secretary, the Department of Asian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- 1992–1993 Staff Member, United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia
- 1993–1997 First Secretary, Director and Counsellor, Department of Asian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- 1997–1998 Minister Counsellor, Embassy in Indonesia
- 1998–2000 Ambassador to the Philippines
- 2000–2003 Director-General, Department of Asian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- 2003–2007 Ambassador to Australia
- Mar 2007–2010 Ambassador to the United Kingdom
- 2009–2013 Vice Foreign Minister of PRC
- 2013–2017 Chairperson of the Foreign Affairs Committee of China's 12th National People's Congress
- 2017–2019 Vice Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of China's 13th National People's Congress
- 2019 Honorary Dean of Institute of International Relations and Chairman of Center for International Strategy and Security of Tsinghua University[4]
A 2019 Report by the Hoover Institution of Stanford University stated that Fu Ying is the "senior figure in a growing number of US–China interactions," especially with U.S. think tanks.[5]
Personal life
Fu Ying tries to adhere to elements of traditional
References
- State Department Daily Press Briefing April 21, 2003
- ISBN 9781503638204.
- ^ Lunch with the FT: Madam Fu Ying, Financial Times, January 29, 2010
- ^ "FU Ying-Speakers-Boao Forum for Asia". Archived from the original on May 2, 2019.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 16, 2019. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Dong, Qianchao; Xiao, Jing, eds. (March 8, 2013). 傅莹:从电影放映员到外交官 [Fu Ying: From Film Projectionist to Diplomat] (in Chinese). People's Daily Online. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
- ^ leiyang, ed. (January 5, 2010). "Fu Ying Appointed Vice-Foreign Minister". chinanews.com.cn. All-China Women's Federation. Retrieved March 10, 2013.