Tang Longbin, former Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of P.R.C. (02/1986-07/1988), was born in Zhongshan, Guangdong Province on 29 June 1931. He started work in December 1950, served at Chinese embassies in India, Nepal and Sweden and worked in the protocol area of MFA for a long time.

04/1972-03/1974 Deputy Division Chief, Protocol Department, MFA

04/1974-01/1981 Division Chief, Protocol Department, MFA

02/1981-08/1984 Deputy Director General, Protocol Department, MFA

08/1984-02/1986 Director General, Protocol Department, MFA

02/1986-07/1988 Assistant Minister and Member of the Party Committee, MFA

07/1988-08/1993 Chinese Ambassador to the Kingdom of Sweden

03/1994-03/1998 Vice Chairman, Foreign Affairs Subcommittee, National Committee of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and Member of the Eighth and Ninth National Committee of the CPPCC

08/2003 Retired