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In this Chinese name, the family name is Qin.
Qin Gang
秦刚
12th Minister of Foreign Affairs
Assumed office
December 30, 2022
PremierLi Keqiang
Preceded byWang Yi
Chinese Ambassador to the United States
Assumed office
July 2021 - December 2022
Preceded byCui Tiankai
Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
September 2018 – July 2021
LeaderWang Yi (minister)
Director of Foreign Ministry Protocol Department
In office
January 2015 – September 2018
Preceded byZhang Kunsheng
Succeeded byHong Lei
Director of Foreign Ministry Information Department
In office
December 2011 – January 2015
Preceded byMa Zhaoxu
Succeeded byLiu Jianchao
Embassy of the People's Republic of China, London
In office
September 2010 – December 2011
Spokesperson of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China
In office
2005–2010
Personal details
Born (1966-03-19) March 19, 1966 (age 58)[citation needed]
Tianjin, Hebei, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party (1988–present)
Children1[1]
Alma materUniversity of International Relations (LLB)
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese秦刚
Traditional Chinese秦剛

Qin Gang (Chinese: 秦刚; pinyin: Qín Gāng; born 19[citation needed] March 1966) is a Chinese diplomat and politician serving as the current Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2022. He previously served as the vice minister of foreign affairs between 2018 and 2021, and the Chinese Ambassador to the United States between 2021 and 2022.

Early life and education

Qin Gang was born in Tianjin, then part of Hebei, in March 1966.[2] He received a Bachelor of Laws in international politics from the University of International Relations in 1988.[3][4]

Career

After his graduation from college, Qin worked as a staff member at the Beijing Service Bureau for Diplomatic Missions. In 1992, he entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as attaché and Third Secretary at the Department of West European Affairs. Later, he worked at the Chinese Embassy in the United Kingdom as Secretary and Counselor from 1995 to 2005, and worked at the Foreign Ministry Information Department as the Deputy Director-General and spokesman from 2005 to 2010.[2]

U.S. Ambassador to China R. Nicholas Burns meeting with Chinese Ambassador to the U.S Qin Gang, before Qin's departure to the U.S.

In September 2010, Qin was appointed as the Envoy of the People's Republic of China to the United Kingdom. In December 2011, he returned to Beijing to serve as the director general of the Foreign Ministry Information Department. From 2014 to 2017, Qin served as the Director General of the Foreign Ministry Protocol Department. He became Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs of China in 2017 and Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of China in September 2018.[5][1][6][7][2]

In July 2021, Qin became the 11th Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the United States, succeeding Cui Tiankai, pursuant to the National People's Congress decision.[8][9]

In January 2022, in an interview with NPR, Qin called the Uyghur genocide "fabrications, lies and disinformation."[10]

In April 2022, a special question and answer (Q&A) session between the three taikonauts of Shenzhou 13 aboard the Tiangong space station and American students was held in the Chinese Embassy in the United States, Washington, D.C. Qin served as the official host of the event.[11]

In December 2022, Qin was appointed the 12th Minister of Foreign Affairs, succeeding Wang Yi.[12]

Personal life

Qin is married. He has one son.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b 秦刚接替马朝旭出任外交部新闻司司长(图/简历). People's Daily (in Chinese). 2012. Archived from the original on 2014-12-27. Retrieved 2014-09-03.
  2. ^ a b c "Biography of Ambassador Qin Gang — Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the United States of America". Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the United States of America. Archived from the original on 2022-08-19. Retrieved 2022-08-19.
  3. ^ 京华时报 (2015-01-02). "外交部新闻司司长由刘建超兼任 秦刚任礼宾司司长 – 国际 – 人民网". People's Daily. Archived from the original on 2015-05-19. Retrieved 2022-08-19.
  4. ^ 中华人民共和国教育部 (2020-03-03). "普通高等学校本科专业目录" (PDF). Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-08-03. Retrieved 2022-08-18.
  5. ^ 秦刚 个性发言人出任驻英公使. Xinhua (in Chinese). 2010-10-20. Archived from the original on October 23, 2010.
  6. ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China Archived 2017-09-21 at the Wayback Machine, 2017-09-28.
  7. ^ 秦刚升任外交部副部长. People's Daily. Archived from the original on 2018-09-08. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
  8. ^ 驻美国大使秦刚抵美履新. Archived from the original on July 29, 2021. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
  9. ^ Lahiri, Tripti; Timsit, Annabelle (2021-07-30). "Why China's new ambassador to the US is unlikely to go full "wolf warrior"". Quartz. Archived from the original on 2021-07-30.
  10. ^ Inskeep, Steve (January 28, 2022). "China's ambassador to the U.S. warns of 'military conflict' over Taiwan". NPR. Archived from the original on 2022-01-30. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
  11. ^ "Elon Musk featured in Chinese embassy event focused on space exploration". South China Morning Post. 10 April 2022. Archived from the original on 8 July 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  12. ^ Tian, Yew Lun; Martina, Michael (2022-12-30). "China promotes its U.S. envoy Qin Gang to foreign minister". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
  13. ^ "秦刚大使简历". china-embassy.org. Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  • Media related to Qin Gang at Wikimedia Commons
Government offices
Preceded by Director of Foreign Ministry Information Department
2011-2015 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Director of Foreign Ministry Protocol Department
2015-2018 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Foreign Affairs
2022–present 		Incumbent
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Ambassador of China to the United States
2021–present 		Incumbent
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