Chen Xu (diplomat)

Chen Xu (Chinese: 陈旭; born February 1962) is a Chinese diplomat who is the current permanent representative of China to the United Nations Office at Geneva and Other International Organizations in Switzerland, in office since 2019.[1] He previously served as director of the Department of European Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China and before that, Chinese Ambassador to the Netherlands.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chen.
For other people named Chen Xu, see Chen Xu (disambiguation).
Chen Xu
陈旭
Chen Xu at the UNHRC in 2023
Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations Office at Geneva and Other International Organizations in Switzerland
Assumed office
2019
Preceded byYu Jianhua
Director of the Department of European Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China
In office
2016–2019
Preceded byLiu Haixing
Succeeded byWang Lutong
Chinese Ambassador to the Netherlands
In office
April 2013 – April 2016
Preceded byZhang Jun
Succeeded byWu Ken
Personal details
BornFebruary 1962 (age 61)
Yanggu County, Shandong, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Children1
Alma materFudan University
China Foreign Affairs University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese陈旭
Traditional Chinese陳旭

Biography

Born in Yanggu County, Shandong, in February 1962, Chen graduated from Fudan University and China Foreign Affairs University.

Chen worked in the International Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China after university in 1985. In 1988, he became a member of the Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations. He was recalled to the original International Department in 1992. In 1998, he became a counsellor of the Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations.

Chen returned to China in 2003 and that same year became deputy director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the People's Government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. In 2004, he became deputy director of the International Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, rising to director in 2010.

He was designated by President Xi Jinping in 2013 to replace Zhang Jun as Chinese Ambassador to the Netherlands.

He was director of the Department of European Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in May 2016, and held that office until 2019.[2]

In 2019, he was appointed permanent representative of China to the United Nations Office at Geneva and Other International Organizations in Switzerland, succeeding Yu Jianhua.[3]

Personal life

Chen is married and has a son.

References
  1. "Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations Office at Geneva and Other International Organizations in Switzerland". fmprc.gov.cn. 3 July 2007. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  2. Zhong Yuhao (钟煜豪); Yue Huairang (岳怀让) (5 May 2016). 中国驻荷兰原大使陈旭转任外交部欧洲司司长. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  3. Emma, Farge (24 August 2021). "China says U.S. army must be held accountable for Afghanistan actions". reuters.com. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
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