Zhang Jun, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs

Areas of responsibility: International organizations and conferences, international economic affairs, and arms control

Born in Beining, Liaoning Province in August 1960. University Graduate.

1984-1988 Staff member, Department of International Organizations and Conferences, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China (MFA)

1988-1990 Attaché, General Office, MFA

1990-1990 Attaché, Third Secretary, Department of International Organizations and Conferences, MFA

1990-1994 Third Secretary, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations

1994-1999 Second Secretary, Deputy Division Director, Division Director, Department of International Organizations and Conferences, MFA

1999-2000 Counselor, Department of International Organizations and Conferences, MFA

2000-2002 Deputy Director of the Administration Committee of the Ningbo Economic and Technological Development Zone of Zhejiang Province

2002-2004 Deputy Director-General, Department of International Organizations and Conferences, MFA

2004-2007 Secretary, General Office of the State Council

2007-2012 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and Permanent Representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

2012-2018 Director-General, Department of International Economic Affairs, MFA

2018- Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs

Married with a daughter.