Speaker > Biography
He Yafei is Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, People’s Republic of China.
Area of responsibilities: protocol, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan-related foreign affairs
1981-1983 |
Interpreter, UN Secretariat. |
1983-1986 |
Attaché, Deputy Office Director, Department of African Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) |
1986-1987 |
Completed advanced studies at Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland |
1987-1988 |
Second Secretary, Department of African Affairs, MFA |
1988-1990 |
Second Secretary, Chinese Embassy in the Republic of Zimbabwe |
1990-1992 |
Deputy Office Director and First Secretary, Department of International Organizations and Conferences, MFA |
1992-1994 |
First Secretary, Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations |
1994-1996 |
Counselor, Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations |
1996-1997 |
Counselor, Department of International Organizations and Conferences, MFA |
1997-1998 |
Deputy Director-General, Department of Arms Control, MFA |
1998-2001 |
Minister Counselor, Minister, Chinese Embassy in the United States of America |
2001-2006 |
Director-General, Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs, MFA |
2006-2008 |
Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs |
2008- |
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs |
