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    PEOPLE & POINTS

    Jan 12, 2023 3 minutes

    NEW FOREIGN MINISTER

    Qin Gang has been appointed foreign minister. The appointment was made by the 13th National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee on December 30, 2022 when he was serving as Chinese ambassador to the U.S.

    Born in Tianjin in March 1966, Qin began his career in the Beijing Service Bureau for Diplomatic Missions, working there from 1988 to 1992. Later, he worked in what is now the Department of European Affairs of the Foreign Ministry.

    Qin has also worked at the Chinese Embassy in the United Kingdom and as a foreign ministry spokesperson.

    Qin served as vice minister of foreign affairs from 2018 to 2021.

    He arrived in the

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