Cui Tiankai

Cui Tiankai

Cui Tiankai, male, born in October 1952 in Shanghai, native place: Zhejiang, master of international public policy, Hopkins University, USA, senior diplomat.

He is now ambassador extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the people's Republic of China to the United States of America (the 10th Chinese ambassador to the United States).

Biography of characters

From 1969 to 1974, young intellectuals in Aihui County, Heilongjiang Province

From 1974 to 1977, he was a student of Foreign Languages Department of Shanghai Normal University

1977-1978 teacher of Shanghai Normal University

1978-1979 graduate student, Department of foreign languages, Shanghai Normal University

1979-1981 graduate student of United Nations interpreter training course, Beijing Institute of foreign languages

1981-1984 interpreter, conference services division, United Nations Secretariat

1984-1986 member and third secretary of the International Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1986-1987 graduate student, Hopkins University, United States of America

1987-1996 deputy director, director and counsellor of the International Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1996-1997 deputy director general and spokesman of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ambassador to the United Nations, 1999-1997

1999-2001 executive deputy director of the Policy Research Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Director, policy research office, Ministry of foreign affairs, 2001-2003

Director General of the Asia Department of the Ministry of foreign affairs, 2003-2006

2006-2007 assistant foreign minister

Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Japan, 2007-2009

Vice Foreign Minister 2009-2013

Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the United States of America since 2013

Family situation

Married with a daughter.