Mr. Zhou Jue, born in April 1927 in Hengnan County, Hunan Province, served as Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1984 to 1986 and Ambassador (vice-ministerial level) of China.
06/ 1948
Joined the revolutionary work
Staff member for organizing affairs, chief of land reform brigade, Secretary of CPC District Working Committee, Secretary of CPC District Committee and Deputy Director of the Political Research Office of Liuzhou District, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Deputy Section Chief of the General Office of CPC Guangzhou Municipal Committee
10/1954
Transferred to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)
12/1956- 02/1964
Third Secretary and then Vice Consul at the Chinese Embassy in Syria
04/1964-09/1970
Director of the Department of West Asian and North African Affairs, MFA
09/1970-09/1974
Deputy Director General of the Department of West Asian and North African Affairs, MFA
09/1974-1978
Acting Director General of the Department of West Asian and North African Affairs, MFA
05/1979-06/1981
Director General of the Department of West Asian and North African Affairs, MFA
06/1981-1984
Ambassador to Turkey
1984-1986
Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs
1986-1990
Ambassador to France
After completion of overseas posting and returning to China, Mr. Zhou Jue served as Deputy Chief of the International Communication Group of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Minister of the Information Office of the State Council. He became Member of the Standing Committee of the Eighth National People's Congress in March 1993.
