Mr. Chen Jian, born in Wuxian, Jiangsu Province in February 1942, served as Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs (02/1996 – 02/1998) and Ambassador (vice-ministerial level) of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations.
09/1967 – 09/1968 |
Staff member of the Department of International Organizations and Conferences of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) |
09/1968 – 10/1971 |
Worked in MFA Cadre's School |
10/1971 – 09/1972 |
Staff member of the Department of International Organizations and Conferences of the MFA |
09/1972 – 10/1977 |
Attaché of the Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations |
10/1977 – 07/1980 |
Staff member of the Department of International Organizations and Conferences of the MFA |
07/1980 – 02/1984 |
Third Secretary, Second Secretary and then First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations |
02/1984 – 09/1985 |
Assistant of the Executive Director of International Monetary Fund |
09/1985 – 09/1992 |
Division Chief, Counselor and then Deputy Director General of the Department of International Organizations and Conferences of the MFA |
09/1992 – 07/1994 |
Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations |
07/1994-02/1996 |
Director General of the Information Department and spokesman of the MFA |
02/1996 – 02/1998 |
Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs; Member of the CPC Committee of the MFA |
02/1998 – 04/2001 |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to Japan (vice-ministerial level) |
04/2001 – 03/2007 |
Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations |