Nong Rong

Nong Rong (Chinese: 农融; born September 1967) is a Chinese politician and diplomat of Zhuang ethnicity, currently serving as Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs, previously he was Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Nong.
Nong Rong
农融
Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan
In office
September 2020 – February 2023
Preceded byYao Jing
Succeeded byTBA
Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs
Assumed office
February 2023
MinisterQin Gang
Preceded byWu Jianghao
Personal details
BornSeptember 1967 (age 56)
Mashan County, Guangxi, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materPeking University
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese農融
Simplified Chinese农融

He was a delegate to the 13th National People's Congress.

Biography

Nong was born in Mashan County, Guangxi, in September 1967.

He joined the Chinese Communist Party in January 1987, and began his political career in July 1991. After graduating from Peking University in 1991, he was assigned to the Guangxi Foreign Economic and Trade Commission, becoming director of the Cooperation Division in April 2002 and dean and director in January 2003. After working in the Department of Commerce of Guangxi Autonomous Region for a year, he was transferred to the Guangxi International Expo Affairs Bureau. In April 2013, he was vice-mayor and deputy party chief of Fangchenggang, he remained in that position until December 2015, when he was transferred to Guigang and appointed vice-mayor and deputy party chief. In December 2019 he was promoted to become director of the Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee of Guangxi Autonomous Region, a position he held until September 2020, when he was appointed the Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan, replacing Yao Jing.[1] In 2021 during a visit to the Pakistani city of Quetta, located in the province of Balochistan near the Afghan border, the Ambassador's hotel was subject to a car bomb attack. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.[2]

In February 2023, he was appointed Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs by the State Council.[3]

References
  1. 农融出任中国驻巴基斯坦新任大使. ce.cn (in Chinese). 11 September 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  2. "Four killed in car bombing outside Pakistan hotel where Chinese ambassador was reportedly staying". 22 April 2021.
  3. Zhuang Yu (庄彧) (7 February 2023). 农融任外交部部长助理 此前担任中国驻巴基斯坦大使. ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 11 February 2023.
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