Song Zhiguang (04/1916- 04/2005), born in Panyu, Guangdong Province, was Assistant Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China (02/1978-02/1982). He joined the revolution in November 1936 and was long engaged in political publicity work in the army before 1949.
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1936-1950 |
CPC secretary of Guangdong Anti-Japan Education and Practice Society; officer of the counter-enemy service of the political department of the First Division of the New Fourth Army; deputy chief of the education and publicity section and chief of the counter-enemy section of the Fourth Military Sub-region of Suzhong Military Area; director of the political division of the Fourth Regiment of the First Military Sub-region of Suzhong Military Area; director of regiment political division and deputy regiment political commissar of the Eleventh Column of the Third Field Army; deputy and acting political commissar of the No. 255 Regiment of the No. 29 Army |
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06/1950 |
Transferred to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) |
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10/1950-01/1957 |
Second Secretary, First Secretary in the Chinese Embassy in East Germany |
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02/1957-10/1957 |
Counselor in the Chinese Embassy in East Germany |
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11/1957-01/1964 |
Deputy Director General of the Department of Western European Affairs of MFA |
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02/1964-08/1970 |
Counselor in the Chinese Embassy in East Germany |
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09/1970- |
Ambassador to East Germany and then Ambassador to the UK |
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02/1978- |
Assistant Foreign Minister and concurrently Director General of the Department of Western European Affairs of MFA |
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1982-08/1985 |
Ambassador to Japan |
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08/1985 |
Returned to China and began to serve as Advisor to the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress |
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10/1994 |
Retired |