Yang Jiechi

Yang Jiechi
杨洁篪
Yang in February 2020
Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission[a]
In office
August 2013 – 1 January 2023
DeputyLiu Jianchao
General SecretaryXi Jinping
Foreign MinisterWang Yi
Preceded byDai Bingguo
Succeeded byWang Yi
State Councilor of the People's Republic of China
In office
16 March 2013 – 19 March 2018
PremierLi Keqiang
10th Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
27 April 2007 – 16 March 2013
PremierWen Jiabao
DeputyZhang Zhijun
Preceded byLi Zhaoxing
Succeeded byWang Yi
Personal details
Born (1950-05-01) 1 May 1950 (age 74)
Shanghai, People's Republic of China
Political partyChinese Communist Party (1971–present)[1]
Education
NicknameTiger Yang
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese杨洁篪
Traditional Chinese楊潔篪
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYáng Jiéchí
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingJoeng4 Git1ci4

Yang Jiechi (Chinese: 杨洁篪; pinyin: Yáng Jiéchí; born 1 May 1950) is a Chinese senior diplomat and retired politician. He served as director of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Foreign Affairs Commission from 2013 and 2022, State Councilor from 2013 to 2018, Minister of Foreign Affairs of China from 2007 to 2013.

Yang previously served as Chinese Ambassador to the United States from 2000 to 2004, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1998 to 2007, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1995 to 1998, and Chinese Envoy to the United States from 1993 to 1995. He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1972, after previously served as a worker at the Shanghai City Pujiang Electric Meter Factory from 1968 to 1972.[2]

Yang studied international relations at Ealing College, University of Bath, and London School of Economics from 1973 to 1975. He received a Doctor of History in world history from Nanjing University in 2006 through an on-the-job graduate program.


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  1. ^ "Yang Jiechi" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on October 17, 2021. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
  2. ^ "杨洁篪同志简历-新华网". www.xinhuanet.com. Archived from the original on February 16, 2023. Retrieved October 24, 2023.