Kong Xuanyou, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
(and Special Representative of the Chinese Government on the Korean Peninsular Affairs)

Areas of responsibility: Asia, treaty and law, boundary and ocean affairs, and consular affairs

Born in July 1959, a native of Heilongjiang Province. University graduate.

1976-1979 Worker, Heilongjiang Institute of Forestry Prospecting and Design

1979-1983 Japanese Major at the Department of Japanese and Arabic, Shanghai International Studies University

1983-1985 Diplomacy Major at the Department of Diplomacy, China Foreign Affairs University

1985-1989 Staff Member, Consular Attaché, Chinese Consulate-General in Osaka

1989-1995 Third Secretary, Deputy Division Director, Department of Asian Affairs, MFA

1995-1999 Second Secretary, First Secretary, Chinese Embassy in Japan

1999-2000 First Secretary, Division Director, Department of Asian Affairs, MFA

2000-2002 Assistant Mayor of Kaifeng, Henan Province

2002-2003 Counselor, Policy Planning Department, MFA

2003-2005 Deputy Director-General, Department of Asian Affairs, MFA

2005-2011 Minister-Counselor, Minister, Chinese Embassy in Japan

2011-2014 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam

2014-2015 Director-General, Department of Asian Affairs, MFA

2015-2017 Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs

2017-2019 Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs

Married with a daughter