Kong Xuanyou

Kong Xuanyou
孔铉佑
Kong in April 2019
Chinese Ambassador to Japan
In office
30 May 2019 – 28 February 2023
Preceded byCheng Yonghua
Succeeded byWu Jianghao
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
January 2018 – May 2019
MinisterWang Yi
Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
December 2015 – January 2018
MinisterWang Yi
Director of Department of Asian Affairs
In office
May 2014 – December 2015
Preceded byLuo Zhaohui
Succeeded byXiao Qian
Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam
In office
August 2011 – May 2014
Preceded bySun Guoxiang
Succeeded byHong Xiaoyong
Personal details
BornJuly 1959 (age 65)
Heilongjiang, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materShanghai International Studies University
China Foreign Affairs University
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinKǒng Xuànyòu
Korean name
Hangul공현우
Hanja孔鉉佑
Transcriptions
Revised RomanizationGong Hyeon-U

Kong Xuanyou (Chinese: 孔铉佑; Korean: 공현우; born July 1959) is a Chinese diplomat. He was the Chinese Ambassador to Japan from 2019 to 2023, and previously served as the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2018 to 2019.