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Biography Highlight

Zhou Wenzhong, male, Han nationality, is a native of Jiangsu province. He was born in 1945, and attended the London School of Economics in the U.K. He held leading posts at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he served as deputy director of the American Affairs Department until 1994. In 2001 he was promoted as assistant minister and in 2003 he became vice-minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 2005 Zhou Wenzhong became the ambassador of the Chinese Embassy to the United States.

Recent Career Data

2005—	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Chinese Embassy United States of America
2003—2005	Vice-Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2001—2003	Assistant Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (In charge of American and Latin American affairs)
1998—2001	Ambassador, Chinese Embassy Australia, Sydney
1995—1998	Minister Counselor, Chinese Embassy USA, Washington, DC
1994—1998	Consul General, Chinese Consulate General USA, California, Los Angeles
1993—1994	Deputy Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, American Affairs Department
1990—1993	Ambassador to Barbados, (Antigua and Barbuda)
1987—1990	Deputy Consul General, Chinese Consulate General USA, California, San Francisco
1983—1987	Division Chief, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Translation and Interpretation Department