Qiu Guohong
Qiu Guohong (; born December 1957) is a Chinese diplomat who served as the Chinese Ambassador to South Korea from 2014 to 2020 and Chinese Ambassador to Nepal from 2008 to 2011. Life and career Qiu was born and raised in Shanghai. After graduating from Shanghai International Studies University he was assigned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China. He spent 20 years working in the Chinese Embassy in Japan before serving as deputy director of the Asian Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China. In November 2008 he was promoted to become the Chinese Ambassador to Nepal, a position he held until April 2011. He was director of Security Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China in April 2011, and held that office until January 2014. In January 2014, he was appointed the Chinese Ambassador to South Korea The Chinese Ambassador to South Korea is the official representative of the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Qiū (surname)
Qiū or "Chiu" is the Hanyu Pinyin and Wade-Giles (widely used in Taiwan) transliteration, respectively, of the Chinese family names 丘/邱 (these two are genealogically linked), and 秋. They may be transliterated in various forms, as: * Qiū ( Mandarin, in Pinyin) *Chiu or Hew (in Taiwanese) and (Hakka, in Wade-Giles) * Kho or Khoe (in Teochew, Taiwanese Hokkien and Hokkien) *Khew or Khiu ( Fuzhounese) * Hiu or Kew (in Mandarin) * Yau (Cantonese, in Cantonese Pinyin) * Khau (in English) 丘/邱 also appear in Korea, where they may be transliterated as: * 구 (Korean in Hangul) * Gu, Ku, Koo (Korean in Revised Romanization). The surname also appears in the Philippines from immigrants from the South of China. It was anglicized as: * Cu or Kuh (in Tagalog) 丘/邱 ranks 151st in the ''Hundred Family Surnames'', and is very common in Luoyang, Henan or Wuxing, Zhejiang. 秋 is common with Taiwanese aboriginals, but is otherwise rare, ranking 237th. 邱 is a very rare su ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ministry Of Foreign Affairs Of The People's Republic Of China
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China () is the first-ranked executive department of the State Council of the Chinese government, responsible for the foreign relations of the People's Republic of China. It is led by the Foreign Minister, currently State Councilor Wang Yi, who serves as the nation's principal representative abroad. The ministry is headquartered in Chaoyang District, Beijing, the country's primary diplomatic quarter. The MFA's primary functions include formulating foreign policy, administering the nation's diplomatic missions, representing Chinese interests at the United Nations, negotiating foreign treaties and agreements, and advising the State Council on foreign affairs. However, the Foreign Affairs Ministry is subordinate to the Central Foreign Affairs Commission, which decides on policy-making and led by General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party. Foreign policies concerning the Republic of China fall under the jurisdict ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Living People
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Shanghai International Studies University Alumni
Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowing through it. With a population of 24.89 million as of 2021, Shanghai is the most populous urban area in China with 39,300,000 inhabitants living in the Shanghai metropolitan area, the second most populous city proper in the world (after Chongqing) and the only city in East Asia with a GDP greater than its corresponding capital. Shanghai ranks second among the administrative divisions of Mainland China in human development index (after Beijing). As of 2018, the Greater Shanghai metropolitan area was estimated to produce a gross metropolitan product (nominal) of nearly 9.1 trillion RMB ($1.33 trillion), exceeding that of Mexico with GDP of $1.22 trillion, the 15th largest in the world. Shanghai is one of the world's major centers for fin ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1957 Births
1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1950s decade. Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be dismissed for having ''handled the ball'', in Test cricket. * January 9 – British Prime Minister Anthony Eden resigns. * January 10 – Harold Macmillan becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. * January 11 – The African Convention is founded in Dakar. * January 14 – Kripalu Maharaj is named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher), after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars. * January 15 – The film ''Throne of Blood'', Akira Kurosawa's reworking of '' Ma ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Xing Haiming
Xing Haiming (; born November 1964) is a Chinese diplomat currently serving as Chinese ambassador to South Korea. Biography Born in November 1964, he graduated from Sariwon Agricultural University in the 1980s. He joined the Department of Asia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1986. He served as attaché in North Korea brief 1988–1991 tenure. In 1992, he became a third secretary in the Chinese Embassy in South Korea. He returned to the Department of Asia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1995. He was Chinese counsellor to South Korea from 2003 to 2006, Chinese counsellor to North Korea from 2006 and 2008, and again Chinese counsellor to South Korea from 2008 to 2011. In 2011, he was promoted to deputy director of the Department of Asia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and he held this post until 2015. He served as the Chinese Ambassador to Mongolia from August 2015 until December 2019, when he was succeeded by Chai Wenrui. President Xi Jinping appointed him Chinese ambassador to Sout ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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12th National People's Congress
The 12th National People's Congress was elected in national congressional conferences from October 2012 to February 2013 and was in session from 2013 to 2018. It succeeded the 11th National People's Congress. It held five plenary sessions in this period, occurring around early March every year. It was succeeded by the communing of the 13th National People's Congress. Delegates The 1st session The first session was held in March 2013. All top national posts were up for election and were filled. The 2nd session The second session was held in March 2014. The 3rd session The third session was held in March 2015. The 4th session The fourth session was held in March 2016. The 5th session The fifth session was held in March 2017. Election results , - ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" , Parties ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9", Seats , - , style="text-align:left;" , Chinese Communist Party () , style="vertical-align ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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List Of Ambassadors From China To South Korea
The Chinese Ambassador to South Korea is the official representative of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of Korea. Chinese-Korean diplomatic relations were well established before the Joseon period of Korean history. In 1882, the governments of the Kingdom of Great Joseon and in Beijing established diplomatic relations.Korean Mission to the Conference on the Limitation of Armament, Washington, D.C., 1921-1922. (1922). The current official title of the incumbent diplomat is "Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of Korea." List of representatives Ministers of Imperial China * Hsu Sou Peng was appointed December 14, 1899.Korean Mission * Hsu Tai Shen was appointed November 12, 1901. Ambassadors of the Republic of China *From 1949 to 1992 the governments in Taipei/Nanjing and Seoul maintained diplomatic relations on ambassadorial level. Ambassadors of the People's Republic of China See also * China–Korea Treaty of 1882 * List o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eastern border is defined by the Sea of Japan. South Korea claims to be the sole legitimate government of the entire peninsula and List of islands of South Korea, adjacent islands. It has a Demographics of South Korea, population of 51.75 million, of which roughly half live in the Seoul Capital Area, the List of metropolitan areas by population, fourth most populous metropolitan area in the world. Other major cities include Incheon, Busan, and Daegu. The Korean Peninsula was inhabited as early as the Lower Paleolithic period. Its Gojoseon, first kingdom was noted in Chinese records in the early 7th century BCE. Following the unification of the Three Kingdoms of Korea into Unified Silla, Silla and Balhae in the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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List Of Ambassadors Of China To South Korea
The Chinese Ambassador to South Korea is the official representative of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of Korea. Chinese-Korean diplomatic relations were well established before the Joseon period of Korean history. In 1882, the governments of the Kingdom of Great Joseon and in Beijing established diplomatic relations.Korean Mission to the Conference on the Limitation of Armament, Washington, D.C., 1921-1922. (1922). The current official title of the incumbent diplomat is "Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of Korea." List of representatives Ministers of Imperial China * Hsu Sou Peng was appointed December 14, 1899.Korean Mission * Hsu Tai Shen was appointed November 12, 1901. Ambassadors of the Republic of China *From 1949 to 1992 the governments in Taipei/Nanjing and Seoul maintained diplomatic relations on ambassadorial level. Ambassadors of the People's Republic of China See also * China–Korea Treaty of 1882 * List o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shanghai International Studies University
Shanghai International Studies University (SISU; ) is China's leading university in linguistics, cultural studies, and global and area studies. Established in December 1949, SISU is known for being one of the earliest institutions where China's higher education in foreign languages took shape. It was listed in the Double First Class University identified by the Ministry of Education and former Project 211. As of 2021, Shanghai International Studies University ranked no.3 nationwide among universities specialized on languages teaching and research in the widely recognized Best Chinese Universities Ranking. History After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the East China office of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party () and the government of the Shanghai Municipality decided to establish an institute for higher education in Russian studies to cultivate qualified diplomats and translators for international affairs. With the support of Mayor Chen ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Communist Party Of China
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victorious in the Chinese Civil War against the Kuomintang, and, in 1949, Mao proclaimed the establishment of the People's Republic of China. Since then, the CCP has governed China with eight smaller parties within its United Front and has sole control over the People's Liberation Army (PLA). Each successive leader of the CCP has added their own theories to the party's constitution, which outlines the ideological beliefs of the party, collectively referred to as socialism with Chinese characteristics. As of 2022, the CCP has more than 96 million members, making it the second largest political party by party membership in the world after India's Bharatiya Janata Party. The Chinese public generally refers to the CCP as simply "the Party". In 1921, Chen Duxiu and Li Da ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |