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Biography

Wu Hongbo, male, Han nationality, is a native of Shandong Province. He was born in 1952 and graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University. Wu studied at Victoria University in New Zealand from 1978 to 1980.

Apart from brief stints with the Beijing Diplomatic Personnel Service Bureau, Wu's background lies in Hong Kong and Macao affairs. In 1987, he accepted his first position with the Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan Affairs Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1987 as a second secretary. Wu became a deputy section chief and later a first secretary before being appointed to the section chief post.

In 1995, he represented China at the Sino-British Joint Liaison Group – three years later, in 1998, he was chief representative to the group. After serving as deputy director-general of the West European Affairs Department and then director-general of the Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan Affairs Department (both at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Wu became deputy commissioner for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Macao SAR in 2002. He is now an Assistant Minister of Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Area of responsibilities include Europe, information, consular affairs.