Lu Boyuan, male, Han nationality, is a native of Jiangsu Province. He was born in 1940 and is a university graduate.
A Western European Affairs specialist, Lu was a second and third secretary at the Chinese Embassy in Switzerland in the 1980s. He then became a deputy section chief of the West European Affairs department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as well as holding a first secretary post.
After serving as a first secretary and counselor to the Chinese Embassy in France, he traveled to Belgium to become a counselor to the Chinese delegation to the European community at the Chinese Embassy. Lu later held a minister-counselor post during his time in Belgium.
Lu is the ambassador to the Chinese Embassy in Portugal.