Lin Jian
Lin Jian | ||
|---|---|---|
林剑 | ||
Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs | ||
| Assumed office March 2024 Serving with Mao Ning, Wang Wenbin, Jiang Xiaoyan, Hu Jian | ||
| Director | Hua Chunying | |
| Personal details | ||
| Born | May 1977 (age 46) Hanyu Pinyin | Lín Jiàn |
Lin Jian (Chinese: 林剑; born May 1972) is a Chinese diplomat who has been serving as the 34th spokesperson and deputy director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since March 2024.[2] Lin has been working for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1999 to 2020 and was dispatched to serve as party secretary and director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps from 2020 to 2024.[3][4][5]
Biography
Lin was born into a military family in Wuhan, Hubei, in May 1977.[6] Lin attended Wuhan Foreign Languages School for high school and graduated in 1995. He went on for undergraduate education and graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University with a major in English in 1999. After graduation, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1999 and was selected to study abroad in Denmark.[7] He was later assigned to the Political Office at the Embassy of China in Denmark.[7] Since then, he had served as political counselor at the Embassy of China in Poland and as counselor at the Department of European Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[3][7][8]
From 2020 to 2024, he was dispatched to serve as party secretary and director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.[7] During his tenure in Xinjiang, in 2022, he took part in talks seeking to boost exchanges in trade and tourism between Xinjiang and Hong Kong.[1]
On 18 March 2024, he became the 34th spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and as deputy director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. On the same day, he presided his first regular press conference.[1][7][9][10]
References
- ^ a b c Zhuang, Sylvie (2024-03-15). "China's foreign ministry brings in new press official from Xinjiang". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
- ^ Zeng Jia (曾佳) (18 March 2024). 47岁外交部新发言人林剑履新 现任新闻司副司长. caixin.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 18 March 2024.
- ^ a b "林剑任中国外交部新一任发言人 | 联合早报". Lianhe Zaobao (in Chinese). Retrieved 2024-03-18.
- ^ "2024年3月18日外交部发言人林剑主持例行记者会_中华人民共和国驻美利坚合众国大使馆". Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the United States of America. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
- ^ "中国外交部发言人上新 "75后"林剑成为第34任发言人-华龙网". news.cqnews.net. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
- ^ Wang Yuan (王媛) (18 March 2024). 外交部新发言人亮相，是武汉外校校友. qq.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 18 March 2024.
- ^ a b c d e Wang Lu (王露) (18 March 2024). 外交部新闻司新增一名副司长林剑. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 18 March 2024.
- ^ Wang Tao (王涛) (31 May 2017). 波兰福建商会第三届换届庆典大会在华沙举行. cri.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 18 March 2024.
- ^ "Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian's Regular Press Conference on March 18, 2024". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
- ^ "Chinese Foreign Ministry's new spokesperson Lin Jian makes debut". peoplesdaily.pdnews.cn. 18 March 2024.