List of spokespersons of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China

This article lists the 32 Spokespersons of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China since 1976.

List of Spokespersons

	Name	Lifespan	In office	Public experiences afterwards
1	Qian Qichen	5 January 1928 - 9 May 2017 (aged 89)	1982^[1]	Foreign Minister (1988–1993) Vice Premier (1993–2003)^[2]
2	Qi Huaiyuan	January 1930 (age 94)	1983-1984^[3]	Vice Foreign Minister (1986–1991) Director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the State Council (1991–1994) President and Party Secretary of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (1994–2000)^[3]
3	Yu Zhizhong		1984-1985^[4]	Deputy Permanent Representative at the Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations at Geneva and Other International Organizations in Switzerland (1987–1989) Minister, Embassy of China in the United Kingdom^[4]
4	Wang Zhenyu		1984–1985	Consul General to Nagasaki, Japan (1985–1988) Director of the Taiwan Affairs Office Director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of Xinhua News Agency in Hong Kong^[5]
5	Ma Yuzhen	1934 (age 89–90)	1984–1988	Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1991–1995) Commissioner in Hong Kong
6	Li Zhaoxing	(1940-10-20) 20 October 1940 (age 84)	1985–1990	Foreign Minister (2003–2007)
7	Li Jinhua	September 1932 (age 92)	1987–1991	Ambassador to New Zealand
8	Jin Guihua	(1935-01-14) 14 January 1935 (age 89)	1988–1991	Ambassador to Malaysia & Brunei (1991–1993) Ambassador to Thailand (1994–1997)
9	Duan Jin		1990–1993	Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (1997–2001)
10	Wu Jianmin	30 March 1939 - 18 June 2016 (aged 77)	1990–1994	Ambassador to Netherlands (1994–1995) Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva (1996–1998) Ambassador to France (1998–2003)
11	Fan Huijuan	1935 (age 88–89)	1990–1993	Ambassador to Ireland (1993–1997)
12	Li Jianying	1946 (age 77–78)	1991–1993	Ambassador to Suriname (1997–2001) Consul General to Cape Town, South Africa (2004–2005) Ambassador to Qatar (2005–2007)
13	Chen Jian	1942 (age 81–82)	1994–1996
14	Shen Guofang	1952 (age 71–72)	1996–1998	Assistant Foreign Minister (2003–2005)
15	Cui Tiankai	October 1952 (age 72)	1996–1997	Ambassador to Japan (2007–2009) Vice Foreign Minister (2009–2013) Ambassador to the United States (2013–2021)
16	Tang Guoqiang	June 1951 (age 73)	1996–1998	Ambassador to Czech Republic (2002–2006) Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Vienna (2006–2009) Ambassador to Norway (2009–2012)
17	Zhu Bangzao	1952 (age 71–72)	1998–2001	Ambassador to Tunisia & Palestine (2001–2003) Ambassador to Switzerland (2004–2008) Ambassador to Spain & Andorra (2009–2014)
18	Sun Yuxi	October 1951 (age 73)	1998–2002	Ambassador to Afghanistan (2002–2004) Ambassador to India (2005–2007) Ambassador to Italy (2008–2010) Ambassador to Poland (2010–2012)
19	Zhang Qiyue	October 1959 (age 65)	1998–2004	Ambassador to Belgium (2005–2008) Ambassador to Indonesia (2008–2011) Consul General to New York City, United States (2014–present)
20	Kong Quan	November 1955 (age 69)	2001–2006	Ambassador to France & Monaco (2008–2013) Administrative Deputy Director of the Central Foreign Affairs Office of the Chinese Communist Party (2015–present)
21	Liu Jianchao	February 1964 (age 60)	2001–2009	Ambassador to Philippine (2009–2011) Ambassador to Indonesia (2011–2013) Deputy Director of National Bureau of Corruption Prevention (2015–2017) Secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection of Zhejiang (2017–2018) Minister of International Department of the Chinese Communist Party (2022–present)
22	Qin Gang	March 1966 (age 58)	2005–2010; 2011-2014	Director of Foreign Ministry Protocol Department (2015–2018) Assistant Foreign Minister (2018–2021) Ambassador to the United States (2021–2022) Foreign Minister (2022–2023) State Councillor (2023)
23	Jiang Yu	1964 (age 59–60)	2006–2012	Ambassador to Albania (2015–present)
24	Ma Zhaoxu	September 1963 (age 61)	2009–2012	Ambassador to Australia (2013–2016) Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva (2016–2018) Permanent Representative to the United Nations (2018–2019) Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (2019–present)
25	Hong Lei	August 1969 (age 55)	2010–2016	Consul General to Chicago, United States (2016–present)
26	Liu Weimin	August 1968 (age 56)	2011–2012	Minister Counsellor to the United States (2012–present)
27	Hua Chunying	April 1970 (age 54)	2012–present	Director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2019–present) Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs (2021–2024) Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (2024–present)
28	Lu Kang	May 1968 (age 56)	2015–2019	Director of the Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs (2019–2022) Ambassador to Indonesia (2022–2024) Deputy Minister of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party (2024–present)
29	Geng Shuang	April 1973 (age 51)	2016–2020	Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations (2020–present)
30	Zhao Lijian	November 1972 (age 52)	2020–2023	Deputy Director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2019–2023)
31	Wang Wenbin	April 1971 (age 53)	2020–2024	Deputy Director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2020–2024) Ambassador to Cambodia (2024–present)^[6]
32	Mao Ning	December 1972 (age 51–52)	2022–present	Deputy Director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2022–present)
33	Lin Jian	May 1977	2024–present	Deputy Director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2024–present)