Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The People’s Republic of China
Wu Hailong

Wu Hailong, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs

Area of responsibilities: international organizations and conferences, arms control

Born in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in February 1955. University graduate.

1974-1978 Student, Beijing Foreign Studies University

1978-1981 Staff member, Department of International Organizations and Conferences, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)

1981-1986 Attaché, Third Secretary, Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

1986-1988 Third Secretary, Second Secretary, Department of International Organizations and Conferences, MFA

1988-1992 Second Secretary, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations

1992-1996 First Secretary, Deputy Director, Department of International Organizations and Conferences, MFA

1996-1999 Counselor, Chinese Embassy in the State of Israel

1999-2001 Deputy Director-General, Department of International Organizations and Conferences, MFA

2001-2004 Deputy Commissioner, Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

2004-2006 Permanent Representative, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Vienna, Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of China to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

2006-2009 Director-General, Department of International Organizations and Conferences, MFA

2009-    Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs

Married with a daughter.