Wu Jianmin, male, Han nationality, is a native of Jiangsu province. He was born in 1939, and graduated from the Beijing Foreign Languages Institute as a French major. He obtained a postgraduate degree in translation and interpretation. Wu has had a successful career as a diplomat, and served as ambassador of China to the UN until 1998. In 2003 he was appointed president of China Foreign Affairs University.
2003— | President, China Foreign Affairs University Beijing Municipality | |
1998—2003 | Ambassador of China, Chinese Embassy France, Paris | |
1996—1998 | Permanent Representative of China to the U.N., United Nations, Geneva Office Switzerland, Geneva | |
1996—1998 | Ambassador of China to the U.N., United Nations, Geneva Office Switzerland, Geneva | |
1991—1994 | Ambassador of China, Chinese Embassy Netherlands, Hague | |
1989—1990 | Political Counselor, Chinese Embassy Belgium, Brussels | |
1989—1990 | Deputy Chief, Permanent Mission of the PRC to the United Nations | |
1985—1989 | Counselor for China, United Nations USA, New York, New York |