1974-1975       Staff member, Department of Translation and Interpretation,

                        Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China (MFA)

1975-1976       Visiting scholar, London School of Economics, United Kingdom

1976-1981       Staff member, Department of Translation and Interpretation, MFA

1981-1983       Interpreter, United Nations Office in Geneva

1983-1985       Third Secretary, Chinese Embassy in the Independent State of Papua New Guinea

1985-1991       Third Secretary and then Deputy Director of Section, Information Department, MFA

1991-1994       First Secretary, Chinese Embassy in the United Kingdom of the Great Britain and

                        Northern Ireland

1994-1996       Counsellor, Chinese Embassy in the United Kingdom of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1996-1998       Deputy Director-General, Information Department, MFA

1998-2001       Deputy Commissioner, Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of

                        the People's Republic of China in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

2001-2006       Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of

                        the People's Republic of China to the Czech Republic

2006-2009       Permanent Representative and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of

                        the People's Republic of China to the United Nations and

                        other International Organizations in Vienna, 

                        Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of China to

                        the United Nations Industrial Development Organization(UNIDO),

                        Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of China to

                        the International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA)

2009-               Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of

                        the People's Republic of China to the Kingdom of Norway

Married, with one son.