Lin Jian

Lin Jian
林剑
Lin in March 2024
Deputy Director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Assumed office
March 2024
Serving with Mao Ning, Wang Wenbin, Jiang Xiaoyan, Hu Jian
DirectorHua Chunying
Personal details
BornMay 1977 (age 47)
Wuhan, Hubei, China[1]
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materBeijing Foreign Studies University (BA)
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese林剑
Traditional Chinese林劍
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLín Jiàn

Lin Jian (Chinese: 林剑; born May 1977) is a Chinese diplomat who has been serving as the 34th spokesperson and deputy director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since March 2024.[2] Lin has been working for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1999 to 2020 and was dispatched to serve as party secretary and director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps from 2020 to 2024.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ Zhuang, Sylvie (2024-03-15). "China's foreign ministry brings in new press official from Xinjiang". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  2. ^ Zeng Jia (曾佳) (18 March 2024). 47岁外交部新发言人林剑履新 现任新闻司副司长. caixin.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  3. ^ "林剑任中国外交部新一任发言人 | 联合早报". Lianhe Zaobao (in Chinese). Retrieved 2024-03-18.
  4. ^ "2024年3月18日外交部发言人林剑主持例行记者会_中华人民共和国驻美利坚合众国大使馆". Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the United States of America. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
  5. ^ "中国外交部发言人上新 "75后"林剑成为第34任发言人-华龙网". news.cqnews.net. Retrieved 2024-03-18.