Qian Yongnian (born in 1933, Chinese: 钱永年), a native of Suzhou, Jiangsu, is a diplomat of the People's Republic of China.[1]
Biography
editHe graduated from the English Department of the Beijing Institute of Foreign Languages in 1952. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1956. He served as deputy director of the Africa Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; minister-counselor of the permanent mission to the United Nations; minister-counselor and minister of the embassy to the United States; and director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the State Council. In 1990, he became China's ambassador to Indonesia after China and Indonesia reestablished diplomatic ties.[2] Later, he served as Chairman of the China Asia-Africa Development and Exchange Association and head of the Chinese delegation to the four-party talks on the DPRK.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ 五星红旗下的大使们. 新中国大使丛书 (in Chinese). 江苏人民出版社. 1993. p. 337. ISBN 978-7-214-01138-1. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
- ^ 中囯人名大辞典 (in Chinese). 上海辞书出版社. 1990. p. 1675. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
- ^ "钱永年 -校友会". 校友会 (in Chinese). 2019-11-22. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
- ^ 国家行政学院 (2000). 中华人民共和国政府机构五十年, 1949-1999 (in Chinese). 党建读物出版社. p. 286. ISBN 978-7-80098-406-8. Retrieved 2024-11-13.