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In this Chinese name, the family name is Hua.
Hua Chunying
华春莹
Hua in January 2019
Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office
25 October 2021
MinisterWang Yi
Qin Gang
Preceded byDeng Li
Director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office
18 July 2019
DeputyWang Wenbin
Preceded byLu Kang
Deputy Director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
In office
August 2012 – July 2019
DirectorQin Gang
Liu Jianchao
Lu Kang
Preceded byHong Lei
Succeeded byYu Dunhai
Personal details
Born (1970-04-24) April 24, 1970 (age 54)
Huaiyin, Jiangsu, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party (1993–present)
Parent(s)Qian Yong (father)
Hua Jie (mother)
RelativesQian Chunmin (sister)
Alma materNanjing University (BA)
OccupationDiplomat
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese华春莹
Traditional Chinese華春瑩
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHuà Chūnyíng

Hua Chunying (Chinese: 华春莹; born 24 April 1970) is a Chinese official and former diplomat serving as spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China since 2012 and as the Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2021.[1] Hua was the fifth spokeswoman and 27th spokesperson since the position was established in the ministry in 1983.[2]

Biography

Hua was born in Huai'an, Jiangsu. Both her parents were officials; her father was formerly secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of the Chinese Communist Party in Huai'an County, and her mother was the deputy director of a local district.[3] She graduated from Nanjing University in 1992, where she majored in English language at the School of Foreign Languages.

After graduation, Hua was appointed as an official to the Department of Western Europe. Over a period of 20 years, Hua worked her way up to the position of spokeswoman. From 1995, she spent four years in Singapore as an attaché. During 2003 to 2010, she was promoted from secretary to counselor in China's mission to the European Union.

In 2012, Hua was promoted to deputy director of the Foreign Ministry Information Department of the People's Republic of China. She served concurrently as the spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China.[4] In February 2018, during a prolonged absence at the Foreign Ministry, there were reports Hua was investigated for storing large amounts of U.S. dollars in her home. On March 1, 2018, Hua returned to work as Foreign Ministry spokeswoman.[5] On July 18, 2019, she was appointed director of the Foreign Ministry Information Department of the People's Republic of China, succeeding Lu Kang.[6] She became the second female director-general of the Information Department after Gong Peng, the very first director-general of this department.[7][8] In October 2021, she was promoted to assistant minister of foreign affairs. Hua will be overseeing the ministry’s work related to information, protocol and translation.[9][10]

Commentary

Hua has criticized the US plea to release Pu Zhiqiang, saying "I think lots of people have the same feeling with me, that some people in the United States have hearts that are too big and hands that are too long. Washington should address human rights problems at home and stop trying to be the world's policeman or judge."[11]

In 2021, she compared the January 6 United States Capitol attack with the 2019 storming of the Legislative Council Complex.[12]

COVID-19 conspiracy theory

Main article: COVID-19 misinformation by China

In January 2021, Hua renewed questions about the SARS-CoV-2 virus originating in the United States at the Fort Detrick Army Medical Command Installation. This conspiracy theory quickly went trending on the Chinese social media platform Weibo, and Hua continued to cite evidence on Twitter, while asking the government of the United States to open up Fort Detrick for further investigation to determine if it is the source of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.[13]

Social media

In February 2021, Hua said that many Western officials use Weibo and Wechat, and asked "Why can't Chinese people use Twitter or Facebook when foreigners can use Chinese social media platforms?"[14] Twitter and Facebook have been banned by the mainland Chinese government since 2009.[14]

Taiwan

Main article: 2022 visit by Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan

In August 2022, Hua warned that Nancy Pelosi should not visit Taiwan, threatening that "We closely follow Pelosi's itinerary. If the U.S. insists on going its own way, China will take firm and powerful measures to safeguard China’s sovereignty and security interests."[15] Later that month, after Pelosi's visit, Hua made a tweet asserting that Taiwan was a part of China because "Baidu Maps show [sic] that there are 38 Shandong dumpling restaurants and 67 Shanxi noodle restaurants in Taipei." The tweet was ridiculed by other Twitter users, who replied with examples of restaurant listings across the world.[16]

Personal life

Hua Chunying enjoys playing tennis.[17]

See also

Wikiquote has quotations related to Hua Chunying.

References

  1. ^ "CV of Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying". Archived from the original on 2017-08-09. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
  2. ^ "Hua Chunying Named as New Spokeswoman for the Foreign Ministry". 2012. Archived from the original on 2016-04-06.
  3. ^ 外交部新发言人出生干部家庭 大学四年没谈恋爱. Tencent (in Chinese). 2012-11-19. Archived from the original on 2014-05-13. Alt URL Archived 2015-04-14 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ 华春莹任外交部新发言人 下周一主持发布会. 163.COM (in Chinese). 2012-11-16. Archived from the original on 2012-11-19. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
  5. ^ Strong, Matthew (2018-03-01). "China foreign ministry spokeswoman reappears after U.S. dollar accusations". Taiwan News. Archived from the original on 2019-07-26. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
  6. ^ 华春莹接棒陆慷任外交部新闻司司长 陆慷新职公开. 163.com (in Chinese). 2019-07-22. Archived from the original on 2019-07-22. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
  7. ^ 2019年7月22日外交部发言人耿爽主持例行记者会 (in Chinese (China)). Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China. 2019-07-22. Archived from the original on 2019-09-29. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  8. ^ "Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Geng Shuang's Regular Press Conference on July 22, 2019". Consulate General of The People's Republic of China in Chicago. 2019-07-23. Archived from the original on 2019-09-30. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  9. ^ Cai, Xuejiao; Lin, Yunshi (25 October 2021). "Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Promoted to Assistant Minister". caixinglobal.com. Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  10. ^ Huaxia, ed. (25 October 2021). "China's State Council appoints, removes officials". Xinhua. Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  11. ^ "China Rebukes U.S. Over Criticism of Civil Rights Lawyer's Detention". New York Times. 7 May 2015. Archived from the original on 19 May 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  12. ^ "Beijing draws comparison between Capitol riots and Hong Kong protests". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 January 2021. Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  13. ^ Li, Jane (20 January 2021). "China's gift for the Biden inauguration is a conspiracy theory about Covid-19's US origins". Quartz. Archived from the original on 2021-02-20. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  14. ^ a b "'Why can't Chinese people use Twitter or Facebook...?' asks China's gov't spokesperson amid gov't ban". Hong Kong Free Press HKFP. 2021-02-22. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  15. ^ Mozur, Paul; Chien, Amy Chang (2022-08-02). "Live Updates: Pelosi Expected to Arrive in Taiwan, Setting Up High-Stakes Standoff With China". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-08-02.
  16. ^ "China spokeswoman's Taiwan restaurant tweet sparks ridicule online". France 24. 2022-08-08. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
  17. ^ 外交部发言人华春莹：工作和加班以外，就在网球场. Sohu (in Chinese). 2018-04-12. Archived from the original on 2018-05-12. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
Government offices
Preceded by Deputy Director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2012–2019 		Succeeded by
Yu Dunhai
Preceded by Director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2019–present 		Incumbent
Preceded by Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs
2021–present 		Incumbent
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