Cui Tiankai, male, was born in 1952. He is a native of Ningbo, Zhejiang Province. Majored in School of Foreign Languages of East China Normal University. Postgraduate from School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University. Master of Public Administration. He was Vice-Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2010 to 2013, and prior to that, Chinese ambassador to Japan.
He served as the 10th Chinese ambassador to the United States from 2013 to 2021.
2013—2021 |
Ambassador, Chinese Embassy USA, Washington D.C. |
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2010—2013 |
Vice-Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
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2007—2010 |
Ambassador, Chinese Embassy Japan, Tokyo |
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2006—2007 |
Assistant Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
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2003—2006 |
Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Asian Affairs Department |
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2001—2003 |
Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Policy Research Office |
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1999—2001 |
Deputy Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Policy Research Office |
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1997—1999 |
Counselor, Permanent Mission of the PRC to the United Nations |
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1996—1997 |
Deputy Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Information Department |
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1996—1997 |
Spokesperson, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
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1988—1996 |
Head, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Organizations and Conferences Department |
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1986—1987 |
Postgraduate, Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) USA, Washington D.C. |
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1984—1986 |
Third Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Organizations and Conferences Department |
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1981—1984 |
Interpreter, United Nations, Secretariat USA, New York, New York |
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1979—1981 |
Student, Beijing Foreign Studies University Beijing Municipality (Studied in the Center for Training Interpreters for the United Nations) |
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1974—1979 |
Student, East China Normal University, School of Foreign Languages Shanghai Municipality |
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