Mr. Ji Peiding, born in Jiangsu Province in February 1942.University graduate.Vice minister in charge of West Asia and North Africa, Africa and Protocol Affairs.

1965---1971 Staff member, Foreign Liaison Division, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China

1971---1979 Third Secretary, Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Federation of Nigeria

1979---1985 Deputy Division Chief, Division Chief of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries

1985---1989 First Secretary, Counselor of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Zimbabwe

1989---1990 Counselor, Department of African Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1990---1993 Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of Namibia

1994---1995 Director-General, Department of African Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1994---1995 Director of the South Africa Research Center of the Chinese Research Institute of International Affairs in Pretoria

1995---1998 Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1998---Vice Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs