Wang Jiarui

Wang Jiarui
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Wang.

Dr. Wang Jiarui (Chinese: 王家瑞; September 1949 - ) is a senior politician of the People's Republic of China.[1] He currently serves as director of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.[2] He is notable for having traveled to Pyongyang to meet with leaders regarding diplomatic issues of the Korean peninsula.[3][4]

Biography

Born in Qinhuangdao, Hebei, Wang started working in June 1970, and joined the Communist Party of China in October 1973. From June 1970 to April 1972, he was a postman and accountant at a Changchun post office in Jilin. From April 1972 to October 1973 he studied international post English at the ocean department of Shanghai Maritime University. He then returned to Changchun and served as a specialist of international mail. He was promoted in April 1974 to vice section chief of the post office. From September 1976 to April 1978, he worked in the Jilin provincial bureau of post and telecommunications management, in charge of post business. In April 1978, he became the vice section chief of newspaper issuing at the bureau. In November 1980, he became the vice section chief of posts in that bureau. He was appointed to be the vice head of the Changchun postal bureau in April 1982.

In October 1985, Wang entered the national Ministry of Post and Telecommunications and became vice director and later, director of the bureau of newspaper issuing. During that time, from September 1983 to July 1987, he simultaneously completed a degree at Jilin University, majoring in national economic management. In July 1992, he was elevated to the position of vice director of the business bureau of the Economics and Trade Office of the State Council. From June 1993 to December 1994, he served as the vice director of the general bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Co-operation (MOFTEC). From September 1988 to December 1994, he pursued postgraduate degrees in the School of Economics Management of Jilin University and obtained a masters degree and a doctorate. From December 1994 to August 1995 he was the director of the market circulation bureau of MOFTEC.

In August 1995, Wang was transferred to Qingdao, Shandong Province. His posts there included standing committee member of the CPC Qingdao Municipal committee as well as vice mayor and vice Party chief of the city. In February 1998, he became the mayor of Qingdao as well as the vice Party chief. During that period, he completed post-doctoral research in industrial economics at the School of Management of Fudan University and also studied at the CPC Central Party School from March to May 2000. In September 2000, he was appointed the vice director of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, and has served as director since March 2003.

He was an alternate member of the 16th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, a member of the 17th Central Committee, and of the 18th Central Committee.

References

  1. ↑ "US embassy cables: China tells North Korea to act nice". The Guardian. 11 December 2009. Retrieved 2010-12-26. In a meeting with senior Chinese official Wang Jiarui, the US is told that talks, not threats, are the only way forward when dealing with North Korea. In fact, Wang suggests, the US perhaps does not realise that the North, for all its strong language, badly wants a rapprochement with Washington to end its international isolation and help remedy its domestic problems
  2. ↑ "Senior CPC official meets Henry Kissinger to promote bilateral ties". China Daily. 2010-12-09. Retrieved 2010-12-26. Wang Jiarui, head of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, praised the important contributions Dr. Kissinger made to bilateral relations. Wang stressed China is willing to work with the United States to build a positive, cooperative and comprehensive bilateral relationship in 21st century.
  3. ↑ JOEL BRINKLEY (February 20, 2005). "U.S. and Japan Declare Concern Over North Korea". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-12-26. Wang Jiarui, a senior Chinese Communist Party official, traveled to Pyongyang on Saturday to urge North Korea to rejoin the talks.
  4. ↑ "Kim Jong Il meets first foreign dignitary since illness". USA Today. 2009-01-23. Retrieved 2010-12-26. North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (R) and Wang Jiarui (L), head of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, toast at a meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Jan. 23 in this photo released by North Korea's official news agency,