China Vitae : Biography of Wang Guangya

Compiled from the following sources:

Special biographic research
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2002-2006

Who's Who, Current Chinese Leaders
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2003-2005

People's Daily Online

Government of the People's Republic of China

Revision History:

Biography Revised: 10/20/2010
Career Data Updated: 10/20/2010

Wang Guangya 王光亚

Alternate Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee; Director, Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council

Born: 1950

Birthplace: Jiangsu Province

Biography

Wang Guangya, male, Han nationality, is a native of Jiangsu Province. He was born in 1950.

After study in Wales and at the London School of Economics and Politics, Wang's career was divided between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Chinese Mission to the UN in New York, broken by a year of study at Johns Hopkins University.

He served as China's ambassador to the United Nations from 2003-2008 and Vice-Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2008 - 2010. He is an alternate member of the 17th CPC Central Committee and in 2010, becmame Director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council.

Career Data

2010—	Director, Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council	§
2008—2010	Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs CPC, Party Committee
2008—2010	Vice-Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2007—	Alternate Member, 17th CPC, Central Committee
2003—2008	Ambassador, United Nations
1999—2003	Vice-Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (In charge of Departments of International Organizations, Arms Control, and Treaties and Law)
1998—1999	Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1998—1999	Assistant Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1993—1998	Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Department
1992—1993	Deputy Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Department
1992—1993	Counselor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Department
1988—1992	Counselor, Permanent Mission of the PRC to the United Nations
1983—1988	Division Chief, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Department
1983—1988	Deputy Division Chief, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Department
1983—1988	3rd Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Department
1982—1983	Attache, Permanent Mission of the PRC to the United Nations
1981—1982	Student, Johns Hopkins University USA, Washington D.C.
1977—1981	Attache, Permanent Mission of the PRC to the United Nations
1977—1981	Staff, Permanent Mission of the PRC to the United Nations
1975—1977	Member, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Translation and Interpretation Department
1972—1975	Student, London School of Economics United Kingdom, London
1972—1975	Student, Atlantic College United Kingdom, Wales