Mr. Wu Tao, born in Beijing on November 13, 1940, served as Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China (vice-ministerial level).
09/1964 |
Career started |
07/1965 – 07/1966 |
Worked in the Social Education Working Team of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in Hunan Province |
08/1966 – 11/1969 |
Staff member of the MFA India Research Institute |
11/1969 – 07/1972 |
Worked in the MFA Cadre's School in Hunan Province |
07/1972 – 10/1978 |
Worked in the Department of Personnel and then the Department of International Organizations and Conferences of the MFA |
10/1978 – 07/1980 |
Studied in an English Training Program in the China Foreign Affairs University |
07/1980 – 12/1984 |
Chinese Secretary of the Diplomatic Service Bureau (DSB) |
12/1984 – 02/1987 |
Deputy General Manager of the Personnel Service Corporation of the DSB |
02/1987 – 05/1989 |
Deputy Director General of the DSB and General Manager of the Personnel Service Corporation |
05/1989 – 11/1992 |
Director General of the DSB |
11/1992 – 06/1994 |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Portuguese Republic |
06/1994 – 05/1998 |
Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs and member of the CPC Committee of the MFA |
05/1998 – 04/2001 |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Federal Republic of Russia (vice-ministerial level) |
04/2001 – 06/2003 |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Commonwealth of Australia |
06/2003 – Present |
Member of the Tenth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference |