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Hong Lei | |
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洪磊 | |
Director-General of the Protocol Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
Assumed office February 2019 | |
Preceded by | Qin Gang |
Chinese Consul-General to Chicago | |
In office 22 July 2016 – 28 August 2018 | |
Preceded by | Zhao Weijun |
Succeeded by | Liu Jun |
Deputy Director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
In office November 2010 – July 2016 | |
Preceded by | Qin Gang |
Succeeded by | Hua Chunying |
Personal details | |
Born | August 1969 (age 55) Fuyang, Zhejiang, China |
Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
Alma mater | Beijing Language and Culture University |
Hong Lei (Chinese: 洪磊; pinyin: Hóng Leǐ; born August 1969) is a Chinese diplomat and politician, serving as Director-General of the Department of Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was Chinese Consul General in Chicago from 2016 to 2018 and served as spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2010 to 2016.[1] Hong was the 25th spokesperson since the spokesperson system was established in the ministry in 1983.