Jiang Yu
spokesperson of the foreign Ministry of Beijing | |
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In office 2006–2012 | |
Chinese Ambassador to Tirana from China to Albania[1] | |
Assumed office 2015 | |
Personal details | |
Born |
1964 Beijing |
Jiang Yu (Chinese: 姜瑜) (born 1964) is the current Chinese ambassadrice to Tirana, from 2006 to 2012 she was Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China.
Biography
A native of Beijing, she has been working for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for over twenty years and she had been posted around the world, including the United Nations Headquarters in New York City and the Xinhua News Agency in Hong Kong.
Over the years, she has become noted for her sharp commentary. In March 2011, her comments regarding the handling of journalists operating in mainland China in the wake of growing social unease about restricted civil liberties in the mainland attracted some attention.[2]
Positions held
1987-1991: Staff Member of Beijing Personnel Service Corporation for Diplomatic Missions
- From 1991 to 1992 she was Staff Member, Attaché, Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China.
1992-1995: Attaché, Third Secretary, Chinese Permanent Mission to the UN, New York
1995-2002: Third Secretary, Deputy Director and Director, Information Department, MFA
2002-2005: Counsellor, Office of the Commissioner of MFA in Hong Kong
2005-2006: Counsellor, Information Department, MFA
- From 2006 to 2012 she was Deputy Director-General of the Information Department, MFA to this post belongs the office as spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China.
- From 2012 to 2015 she was Depty Correspondent of the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
- Since 2015 she is ambassadrice in Tirana.[3]
References
- ↑ Chinese Ambassadors to Albania
- ↑ 03 March, 2011, "China Threatens Foreign Journalists, Imposes New Rules",
- ↑ Chinese embassy Tirana, cv外交部发言人姜瑜简历-国际-人民网