PEOPLE & POINTS
SENIOR DIPLOMAT ASSUMES NEW ROLE
Head of the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s information department Hua Chunying has been promoted to assistant foreign minister, according to the ministry’s website.
The 51-year-old diplomat stepped into her new role after Qin Gang, former vice foreign minister, was appointed ambassador to the U.S. in July and left for Washington, D.C. Hua’s updated profile reads her areas of responsibility are “information, protocol and translation affairs.”
In 1992, Hua graduated from Nanjing University and embarked on her diplomatic career. As the 27th spokesperson responding to questions about China’s foreign policy from home and abroad, she made her first public appearance in that role in November 2012.
Before serving as ministry
