Mr. Yang Jiechi, born in Shanghai May 1950, Bachelor degree.

1973-1975 Student at London School of Economics, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1975-1983 Staff member and then Second Secretary, Department of Translation and Interpretation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1983-1987 Second Secretary, First Secretary and then Counsellor, Chinese Embassy to the United States of America

1987-1990 Counsellor and Director, Department of Translation and Interpretation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1990-1993 Counsellor and Director, and then Deputy Director-General, Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1993-1995 Minister, Chinese Embassy to the United States of America

1995-1998 Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1998-2001 Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2001-2005 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the United States of America

2005- Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs