Xie Feng (diplomat)
Xie Feng (Chinese: 谢锋, born April 1964) is a Chinese diplomat and politician who is currently a Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs,[1] and is responsible for specifically managing China's relationship with the United States.[2] Previously he was the commissioner of the Office of China's Foreign Ministry in the Hong Kong S.A.R. Xie is a graduate of the China Foreign Affairs University. He previously served as the Director-General of the Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs, for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), as well as the Chinese Ambassador to Indonesia.[3]
Xie Feng greets U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry upon his arrival in Beijing, on 13 April 2013. Xie was acting as China's Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for North America at the time.
Xie Feng | |||||||
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谢锋 | |||||||
 Xie Feng in 2019 | |||||||
| Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs | |||||||
| Assumed office 13 January 2021 | |||||||
| Minister | Wang Yi Qin Gang | ||||||
| Director of Office of Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong | |||||||
| In office June 2017 – January 2021 | |||||||
| Minister | Wang Yi | ||||||
| Preceded by | Song Zhe | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Liu Guangyuan | ||||||
| Chinese Ambassador to Indonesia | |||||||
| In office February 2014 – June 2017 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Liu Jianchao | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Xiao Qian | ||||||
| Personal details | |||||||
| Born | April 1964 (age 59) Jiangdu County, Jiangsu, China | ||||||
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Children | 1 | ||||||
| Alma mater | China Foreign Affairs University | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 谢锋 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 謝鋒 | ||||||
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Personal life
Xie is married and has a son.[4]
References
- Cheng, Evelyn (2021-07-26). "Tense U.S.-China meeting ends, Beijing official says relations are in a 'stalemate'". CNBC. Archived from the original on 2021-07-26.
- Shi, Jingtao; Wong, Catherine (2021-08-06). "As US-China friction grows, Beijing unleashes its fiery young diplomats". South China Morning Post.
- "Curriculum Vitae of Commissioner Xie Feng". Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The Commissioner's Office of China's Foreign Ministry in the Hong Kong S.A.R. Archived from the original on 2020-06-28. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
- "谢锋（第六任特派员）". hk.ocmfa.gov. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
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