Li Zhaoxing, male, Han nationality, is a native of Shandong Province. He was born in 1940 and is a graduate of Beijing University.
After an initial seven-year tour at the Chinese embassy in Kenya, Li was assigned to the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After a tour as 1st Secretary in the embassy in Lesotho, Li returned to the Information Department of the Ministry, becoming both director-general and spokesman.
From 1993 to 2001, he moved from ambassador to the UN, to ambassador to the US, and to vice-minister in charge of American and Latin American affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Li served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2003-2007.
Li was a member of the 16th CPC Central Committee. He is now Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the 11th NPC.
2008—2013 |
Chairman, 11th Foreign Affairs Committee of the NPC |
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2003—2007 |
Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
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2002—2007 |
Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee |
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2001—2003 |
Vice-Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (In charge of American and Latin American affairs) |
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1998—2001 |
Ambassador, Chinese Embassy USA, Washington D.C. |
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1997—2002 |
Alternate Member, 15th CPC, Central Committee |
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1995—1998 |
Vice-Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
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1993—1995 |
Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the PRC to the United Nations |
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1993—???? |
Guest Professor, Nankai University |
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1993—???? |
Guest Professor, Beijing University Beijing Municipality |
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1990—1993 |
Assistant to the Vice-Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
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1985—1990 |
Spokesman, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
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1985—1990 |
Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Information Department |
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1985—1990 |
Deputy Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Information Department |
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1983—1985 |
First Secretary, Chinese Embassy Lesotho, Maseru |
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1977—1983 |
Deputy Division Chief, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Information Department |
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1977—1983 |
Second Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Information Department |
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1977—1983 |
Third Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Information Department |
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1970—1977 |
Attache, Chinese Embassy Kenya, Nairobi |
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1967—1970 |
Staff Member, Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs |
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1964 |
Graduate, Beijing University Beijing Municipality |
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1964—1967 |
Student, Beijing Foreign Studies University Beijing Municipality |
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