Tian Zengpei (; born 8 October 1930) is a Chinese diplomat and politician who served as from 1984 to 1985, Chinese Ambassador to Yugoslavia from 1986 to 1988, and chairperson of the

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from 1998 to 2003. He was a member of the

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Biography

Tian was born in

Raoyang County Raoyang County () is county in the southeast of Hebei province, China, served by G45 Daqing–Guangzhou Expressway. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Hengshui Hengshui () is a prefecture-level city in southern Hebe ...

Hebei Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. The province is 96% Han Chinese, 3% Manchu, 0.8% Hui, an ...

, on 8 October 1930. He attended Tianjin No. 1 High School. He graduated from the Department of Foreign Languages,

Nankai University Nankai University (NKU or Nankai; ) is a national public research university located in Tianjin, China. It is a prestigious Chinese state Class A Double First Class University approved by the central government of China, and a member of the fo ...

. He joined the

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(CCP) in November 1947. He was sent abroad to study at the Central Youth League School of the Communist Youth League of the Soviet Union 1951 and returned to China in 1952. He worked at the Organization Department of the CCP Central Committee from 1954 to 1958. He joined the Foreign Service in 1970 and has served primarily in the Eastern Europe Division. He was counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in the Soviet Union in 1976, in addition to serving as counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia. He served as the from April 1984 through March 1985. He was director of the Eastern Europe Division of the

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in 1985, and held that office until 1986. He served as the Chinese Ambassador to Yugoslavia from June 1986 until April 1988, when he was succeeded by . In April 1988, he became vice minister of foreign affairs, a post he kept until March 1998. He also served as a member of the Drafting Committee of the Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region since June 1990. He took office as chairperson of the

in March 1998, serving in the post until his retirement in March 2003.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tian, Zengpei 1930 births Living people People from Raoyang County Nankai University alumni Ambassadors of China to Yugoslavia People's Republic of China politicians from Hebei Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hebei Members of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party