Mr. Wen Chi, native of Yingkou, Liaoning Province, was born on 28 January 1928, former Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of the People's Republic of China (May 1988-June 1994). He joined the revolutionary cause in March 1948 and was engaged in Communist Youth League (CYL) affairs for a long time. He served successively as Section Chief and Deputy Director General of CYL Central Committee (he also attended the World Federation of Democratic Youth conferences held in Beijing in 1954 and in Czech in 1959 and the Asia-Pacific Peace Conference in Osaka in 1962).
05/1978 – 02/1982
Council Member, the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries
03/1982 – 07/1984
Counsellor and Minister-Counsellor, Chinese Embassy in Japan
07/1984 – 08/1987
Consul-General in Osaka (ambassadorial rank)
09/1987 – 05/1988
Director General, the Administrative Department, MFA
05/1988 – 06/1994
Assistant Minister and Member of the Party Committee,MFA
