Li Ming (ambassador)

Li Ming (Chinese: 李明; pinyin: Lǐ Míng) (Born September 1974) is a Chinese politician and diplomat. He is the Chinese ambassador to Serbia. Li previously served as the first Chinese Ambassador to the Solomon Islands.[1][2]

Biography

Li Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1995; from 2000 to 2004, he served as Vice Consul at the Chinese Consulate-General at Toronto.[3]

From 2004 to 2013, Li served as Second Secretary, Deputy Director, and later Director of the Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[3]

From 2013 to 2016, Li served as counselor at the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Australia, from 2016 to 2020, he served as the Counselor and Deputy Director General at the Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs.[3]

Following Solomon Island's recognition of the People's Republic of China in 2019 (previously recognizing the Republic of China (Taiwan)), Li was appointed as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Solomon Islands in 2020.[3] He left the Solomons in September 2023,[4] and on 2 October 2023 handed over his credentials as the Chinese ambassador to Serbia.[2]

Family

Li is married; he has one son.[3]

References
  1. "大使致辞". Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Solomon Islands. 2020-09-06. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
  2. "Predsednik Vučić primio akreditive ambasadora Kine, zahvalnost na podršci po pitanju KiM" [President Vučić received credentials from the ambassador of China, gratitude for the support regarding the question of Kosovo and Metohija]. Radio Televizija Pančevo (in Serbian). 11 April 2023.
  3. "Biography of Ambassador Li Ming". Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Solomon Islands. 2020-09-04. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
  4. Solomon Islands Government (11 September 2023). "MRD bids farewell to PRC outgoing ambassador to Solomon Islands". EIN Newswires.
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