Zheng Zeguang

Zheng Zeguang (Chinese: 郑泽光; born October 1963) is a Chinese diplomat serving as the Chinese Ambassador to the United Kingdom,[2] and former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of China.[3]

Zheng Zeguang
郑泽光
Zheng in 2019
Chinese Ambassador to the United Kingdom
Incumbent
Assumed office
8 June 2021[1]
Preceded byLiu Xiaoming
Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
2015–2021
MinisterWang Yi
Succeeded byXie Feng
Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
2013–2015
MinisterWang Yi
Personal details
BornOctober 1963 (age 5960)
Puning, Guangdong, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party (1986-present)
ResidenceEmbassy of China, London
Alma materSouth China Normal University
Cardiff School of Law and Politics

Early life

Zheng was born in October 1963 in Nanjing village in Guangdong Province of China. His father was a buyer for the Meitang people's commune.[4]

After the Cultural Revolution ended and schools reopened, Zheng enrolled himself into Punning No. 2 High School and Puning County Normal College, a high-school-level teacher training college, in 1978.[4] He went to Punning No. 2 High School for seven weeks, until the admission offer from Puning County Normal College arrived. He switched schools to the normal college to study English. After graduating from the school in 1980, he taught English at a middle school in Nanjing village. In 1982, he took the gaokao and was offered a place at South China Normal University.[4] After graduating from the university, Zheng entered a translation class held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and became a diplomat.

Zheng also studied law at Cardiff University.[5] He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1986 and has had placements in Trinidad and Tobago and the United States. Zheng is considered an expert on China–United States relations, having specialised in that field since 1990; he was thought to be a leading contender to be ambassador to the United States.[6][7]

As of September 2021, he is banned from the British Parliament while Chinese sanctions on British MPs remain.[8]

References

  1. "China's New Ambassador Arrives in the U.K. - Caixin Global".
  2. Zhang, Rachel (2021-06-08). "China's new envoy to Britain calls for reset in relations amid Hong Kong, Xinjiang tensions". South China Morning Post.
  3. "Zheng Zeguang". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China.
  4. Xie, Shengxiu (2020-06-18). "Gaoguan tongxue Guangzhou laidian" 高官同学广州来电 [Call from Guangzhou from a classmate who is now a senior official]. Zhongshan Daily (in Simplified Chinese). Archived from the original on 2020-07-16. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
  5. Wintour, Patrick (2020-12-27). "Liu Xiaoming to quit his role of Chinese ambassador to Britain". The Guardian.
  6. Ng, Teddy; Guo, Rui (26 December 2020). "China's ambassador to Britain Liu Xiaoming set to retire". South China Morning Post. Guangzhou. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  7. Lahiri, Tripti; Timsit, Annabelle (2021-07-30). "Why China's new ambassador to the US is unlikely to go full "wolf warrior"". Quartz. Archived from the original on 2021-07-30.
  8. "China's ambassador Zheng Zeguang banned from UK Parliament". BBC News. 2021-09-14. Retrieved 2021-09-15.

See also


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