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Song Tao, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Area of responsibilities: Europe, retired personnel, administration, finance, party affairs, and services Born in Jiangsu Province in April 1955. PhD in Economics. 1978-1986 Lecturer and Vice Dean, Forestry Industry Department, Fujian College of Forestry 1986-1988 Deputy Director, General Office, Fujian College of Forestry 1988-1991 Studying at Monash University, the Commonwealth of Australia 1991-1992 Director, General Office, Fujian College of Forestry 1992-1995 President, Fujian Research Institute of Light Industries 1995-1997 Vice Secretary, CPC Luoyuan County Committee, Fujian Province 1997-2000 Assistant General Manager, Fujian Light and Textile Industries Corporation; Vice President, Fujian International Trust and Investment Corporation 2000-2002 Counselor, Chinese Embassy in the Republic of India 2002-2004 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Cooperative Republic of Guyana 2004-2007 Director-General, Department of Chinese Diplomatic Missions Abroad, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2007-2008 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of the Philippines 2008-2011 Member of the Ministerial Leadership of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2011- Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Married with a daughter. |

