Song Tao (diplomat)

Song Tao
宋涛
Song in 2019
Director of the Taiwan Affairs Office
Assumed office
28 December 2022
PremierLi Keqiang
Li Qiang
Preceded byLiu Jieyi
Head of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party
In office
19 November 2015 – 2 June 2022
General secretaryXi Jinping
Preceded byWang Jiarui
Succeeded byLiu Jianchao
Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines
In office
September 2007 – October 2008
Preceded byLi Jinjun
Succeeded byLiu Jianchao
Chinese Ambassador to Guyana
In office
March 2002 – August 2004
Preceded byWu Zhenglong
Succeeded byShen Qing
Personal details
BornApril 1955 (age 69)
Suqian, Jiangsu, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materFujian Normal University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinSòng Tāo

Song Tao (Chinese: 宋涛; born April 1955) is a Chinese politician and diplomat, currently serving as director of the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office since December 2022. He served as head of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party from 2015 to 2022. He was previously Chinese ambassador to Guyana, the Philippines, the disciplinary chief of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and executive deputy director of the Foreign Affairs Office.