Jiang Yu (; born 1964) is the current Chinese ambassadress to

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since 2019. From 2006 to 2012 she was also

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of the

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Biography

A native of

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, she has been working for the

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for over twenty years and she had been posted around the world, including the

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and the

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. 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.

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

. 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

. *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 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 () is a governmental office established by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China in Hong Kong in ...

. *From 2015 to 2019 she was ambassadrice in

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. *2019-incumbent, she was ambassador to Romania.

References

External links

Jiang Yu's first Press Conference
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