Biography of Ambassador ZHANG Ming
Ambassador ZHANG Ming was born in June 1957. He has a bachelor's degree.
1975-1976 Worker, Voltage Transformer Factory of Zhengzhou City, Henan Province
1976-1978 Educated youth, Shangqiu County, Henan Province
1978-1983 Student of Arabic language, Department of Asian and African Languages, Beijing Institute of Foreign Languages (now Beijing Foreign Studies University)
1983-1984 Staff member, Department of West Asian and North African Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)
1984-1985 Staff member, Chinese Embassy in the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
1985-1988 Attaché, Department of West Asian and North African Affairs, MFA
1988-1992 Third Secretary, Second Secretary, Chinese Embassy in the Sultanate of Oman
1992-1997 Deputy Director, First Secretary, Department of West Asian and North African Affairs, MFA
1997-2001 First Secretary, Counselor, Chinese Embassy in the State of Israel
2001-2006 Deputy Director-General, General Office, MFA
2006-2009 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to the Republic of Kenya, Permanent Representative to UNEP and Permanent Representative to UN-Habitat
2009-2010 Director-General, Department of African Affairs, MFA
2010-2011 Director-General, General Office, MFA
2011-2013 Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs
2013-2017 Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
2017- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Head of the Chinese Mission to the European Union
Ambassador ZHANG is married, with a son.