Compiled from the following sources:
Special biographic research
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2002-2006
Who's Who, Current Chinese Leaders
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2003-2005
Revision History:
Biography Revised: 6/19/2003
Career Data Updated: 3/26/2006
Li Xinhua 李新华
Assistant Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Born: 1951
Birthplace: Zhejiang Province
Biography
Li Xinhua, male, Han nationality, is a native of Zhejiang Province. He was born in 1951 and graduated from Hangzhou University.
Li joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1974 and was assigned to the Chinese Mission at the UN in 1981. From 1986 to 1998 he held positions in the Department of Personnel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in the State Council. He was named ambassador to Finland in 1998. He returned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2001 and was named assistant minister in charge of administrative and financial affairs.
Career Data
| 2002— | Assistant Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (In charge of administrative and financial affairs) | |
| 2001—2002 | Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
| 1998—2001 | Ambassador, Chinese Embassy Finland, Helsinki | |
| 1988—1998 | Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, General Office | |
| 1988—1998 | Secretary, General Office of the State Council | |
| 1986—1988 | Second Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Personnel Department | |
| 1981—1986 | Attache, 3rd Secretary, Permanent Mission of the PRC to the United Nations | |
| 1981—1986 | Second Secretary, Permanent Mission of the PRC to the United Nations | |
| 1974—1981 | Staff Member, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, General Office | |
| Graduate, Hangzhou University Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou City |
