Xu Feihong (; born May 1964) is a Chinese diplomat, currently serving as Chinese Ambassador to India, in office since May 2024. He served as the Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan from 2011 to 2013 and Chinese Ambassador to Romania from 2015 to 2019.

Early life

Xu was born in 1964 in

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, Zhejiang and graduated with a bachelor's degree in law.

Diplomatic career

In 1987, he joined the

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and till 1991, he served as the staff member and attaché of the Information Department of the ministry. From 1991 to 1993, he served as an attaché with the Embassy of China in

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, Finland. From 1993 to 1995, he served as consular attaché and deputy consul with the rank of third secretary with Consulate General of China in

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, South Korea. From 1995 to 1999, he served as the third secretary and second secretary of the Cadre Department within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 1999 to 2002, Xu was assigned to the Consulate General of China in

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, New Zealand, where he served as the consul with the rank of second secretary and consul with the rank of first secretary. In 2022, he appointed as the deputy director and director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in 2005, he was assigned as counsellor at the Embassy of China in

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, United Kingdom, a position he served till 2007. From 2007 to 2010, he served as the counsellor and deputy director-general of the European Department of the Foreign Ministry. In 2010, he was appointed as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. During his tenure as ambassador, he oversaw of the re-opening of the Chinese state-run

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in 2013, since its closure in 2010. In 2013, his tenure as ambassador to Afghanistan ended and he was appointed as the deputy director-general of the Cadre Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 2015, Xu was appointed as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Romania and on the same year, he presented his credentials to

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. During his tenure as ambassador to Romania, when asked in an interview about

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laureate

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, Xu called Liu "a criminal who violated Chinese law", and that "Liu Xiaobo's problem is China's internal matter and of the Chinese policy" and that "other countries do not talk and criticize us

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for this." Xu's tenure as ambassador to Romania ended in 2018 and he was succeeded by

Jiang Yu Jiang Yu (; born 1964) is the current Chinese ambassadress to Romania since 2019. From 2006 to 2012 she was also Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China. Biography A native of Beijing, she has been wo ...

. In 2018, he was appointed as director of the Service Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Overseas Missions and in 2021, he was appointed as assistant foreign minister for administrative and financial affairs, serving this position till December 2023. On January 2023, he was elected as the member of the 14th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. In 2024, according to reports by Indian media, Xu is being finalised to become the next Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to India, a post that had been vacant for over 15 months since the previous ambassador Sun Weidong stepped down from the post on October 2022. On May 2024, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China confirmed to

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that President of China

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has appointed Xu as the new ambassador to India. On 10 May, Xu arrived in

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to take up his position as the ambassador to India. On 31 May, he along with ambassadors of six other nations presented their credentials to

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Personal life

He is married and has a son.

References

{{Authority control 1964 births Living people People from Dongyang Politicians from Jinhua Chinese expatriates in Finland Chinese expatriates in New Zealand Chinese expatriates in South Korea Chinese Communist Party politicians from Zhejiang People's Republic of China politicians from Zhejiang Members of the 14th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Ambassadors of China to Afghanistan Ambassadors of China to Romania Ambassadors of China to India