Chen Xiaodong, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs
Areas of responsibility: West Asia and North Africa, Africa, external security affairs, and archives
Born in Anhui Province in December 1965. Graduated with a Master's Degree.
1987-1989 Staff member, Department of West Asian and North African Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China (MFA)
1989-1994 Staff member, Commercial Representation of the People's Republic of China in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Attaché, Third Secretary, Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
1994-1997 Third Secretary, Deputy Division Director, Department of West Asian and North African Affairs, MFA
1997-1999 Second Secretary, First Secretary, Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
1999-2002 First Secretary, Counselor, Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Arab Republic of Egypt
2002-2006 Counselor, Deputy Director-General, Department of West Asian and North African Affairs, MFA
2006-2008 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of Iraq
2008-2010 Minister, Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2010-2015 Director-General, Department of West Asian and North African Affairs, MFA
2015-2017 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of Singapore
2017- Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Chen is married with a daughter.