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Biography Highlight

Wu Jianmin, male, Han nationality, is a native of Jiangsu province. He was born in 1939, and graduated from the Beijing Foreign Languages Institute as a French major. He obtained a postgraduate degree in translation and interpretation. Wu has had a successful career as a diplomat, and served as ambassador of China to the UN until 1998. In 2003 he was appointed president of China Foreign Affairs University.

Recent Career Data

2003—	President, China Foreign Affairs University Beijing Municipality
1998—2003	Ambassador of China, Chinese Embassy France, Paris
1996—1998	Permanent Representative of China to the U.N., United Nations, Geneva Office Switzerland, Geneva
1996—1998	Ambassador of China to the U.N., United Nations, Geneva Office Switzerland, Geneva
1991—1994	Ambassador of China, Chinese Embassy Netherlands, Hague
1989—1990	Political Counselor, Chinese Embassy Belgium, Brussels
1989—1990	Deputy Chief, Permanent Mission of the PRC to the United Nations
1985—1989	Counselor for China, United Nations USA, New York, New York