Qiu Guohong (; born December 1957) is a Chinese diplomat who served as the Chinese Ambassador to

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 ...

from 2014 to 2020 and Chinese Ambassador to Nepal from 2008 to 2011.

Life and career

Qiu was born and raised in

Shanghai 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 flow ...

. After graduating from

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 hi ...

he was assigned to the

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 ...

. 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 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 g ...

by 12th Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, succeeding Zhang Xinsen. His assignment in South Korea ended in 2020.

References

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