China Vitae : Biography of Li Baodong

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Biography Revised: 3/10/2010
Career Data Updated: 3/10/2010

Li Baodong 李保东

Permanent Representative, United Nations, USA, New York, New York

Born: 1955

Birthplace: Beijing Municipality

Biography

Li Baodong, male, Han nationality, is a native of Beijing Municipality. He was born in 1955 and graduated from Beijing Foreign Language Institute of China in 1977. After that, Li had served for Foreign Affairs Ministry of State Council of China for almost 20 year from 1986 to 2005. From 2006 to 2010, Li served as Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations Office at Geneva and Other International Organizations in Switzerland. From March 2010, Li was appointed as Plenipotentiary Ambassador and Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations.

Career Data

2010—	Permanent Representative, United Nations USA, New York, New York	§
2010—	Plenipotentiary Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the PRC to the United Nations USA, New York, New York
2006—2010	Plenipotentiary Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the PRC to the United Nations, Geneva Office Switzerland, Geneva
2006—2010	Permanent Representative, United Nations, Geneva Office Switzerland, Geneva
2005—2006	Plenipotentiary Ambassador, Chinese Embassy Zambia, Lusaka
1998—2005	Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Organizations and Conferences Department
1998—2005	Senior Official, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
1997—1998	Deputy Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Organizations and Conferences Department
1995—1997	Counselor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Organizations and Conferences Department
1992—1995	Division Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Organizations and Conferences Department
1989—1992	Deputy Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, News Department
1988—1989	Visiting Scholar, Johns Hopkins University USA, Maryland, Baltimore
1986—1988	Third Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, News Department
1977—1986	Staff Member, Service Bureau for Diplomatic Missions Beijing Municipality
1973—1977	Student, Beijing Foreign Languages Institute Beijing Municipality