Li Baodong

Li Baodong
李保东
Li Baodong in 2016.
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of People's Republic of China
Assumed office
17 November 2010
Permanent Representative and Ambassador of China to the United Nations
In office
4 March 2010 – 23 August 2013
Preceded byZhang Yesui
Succeeded byLiu Jieyi
Chinese Ambassador to the United Nations Office at Geneva
In office
2006–2009
Chinese Ambassador to Zambia
In office
2005–2006
Personal details
Born (1955-04-01) April 1, 1955 (age 69)
Beijing, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materBeijing Foreign Studies University
Johns Hopkins University

Li Baodong (Chinese: 李保东; born April 1955) is a Chinese diplomat who served as the Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations from 2010 to 2013. He was later succeeded by Liu Jieyi.