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This article lists the 32 Spokespersons of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China since 1976.
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This article lists the 32 Spokespersons of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China since 1976.
| Name | Image | Lifespan | In office | Public experiences afterwards | |
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| 1 | Qian Qichen |  | 5 January 1928 - 9 May 2017 (aged 89) | 1982 [1] | Foreign Minister (1988-1993) Vice Premier (1993-2003) [2] |
| 2 | Qi Huaiyuan | January 1930 (age 94) | 1983-1984 [3] | Vice Foreign Minister (1986-1991) Director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the State Council (1991-1994) President and Party Secretary of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (1994-2000) [3] | |
| 3 | Yu Zhizhong | 1984-1985 [4] | Deputy Permanent Representative at the Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations at Geneva and Other International Organizations in Switzerland (1987-1989) Minister, Embassy of China in the United Kingdom [4] | ||
| 4 | Wang Zhenyu | 1984-1985 | Consul General to Nagasaki, Japan (1985-1988) Director of the Taiwan Affairs Office Director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of Xinhua News Agency in Hong Kong [5] | ||
| 5 | Ma Yuzhen | 1934 (age 89–90) | 1984-1988 | Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1991-1995) Commissioner in Hong Kong | |
| 6 | Li Zhaoxing |  | 20 October 1940 | 1985-1990 | Foreign Minister (2003-2007) |
| 7 | Li Jinhua | September 1932 (age 91) | 1987-1991 | Ambassador to New Zealand | |
| 8 | Jin Guihua | 14 January 1935 | 1988-1991 | Ambassador to Malaysia & Brunei (1991-1993) Ambassador to Thailand (1994-1997) | |
| 9 | Duan Jin | 1990-1993 | Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (1997-2001) | ||
| 10 | Wu Jianmin |  | 30 March 1939 - 18 June 2016 (aged 77) | 1990-1994 | Ambassador to Netherlands (1994-1995) Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva (1996-1998) Ambassador to France (1998-2003) |
| 11 | Fan Huijuan | 1935 (age 88–89) | 1990-1993 | Ambassador to Ireland (1993-1997) | |
| 12 | Li Jianying | 1946 (age 77–78) | 1991-1993 | Ambassador to Suriname (1997-2001) Consul General to Cape Town, South Africa (2004-2005) Ambassador to Qatar (2005-2007) | |
| 13 | Chen Jian | 1942 (age 81–82) | 1994-1996 | ||
| 14 | Shen Guofang | 1952 (age 71–72) | 1996-1998 | Assistant Foreign Minister (2003-2005) | |
| 15 | Cui Tiankai |  | October 1952 (age 71) | 1996-1997 | Ambassador to Japan (2007-2009) Vice Foreign Minister (2009-2013) Ambassador to the United States (2013–2021) |
| 16 | Tang Guoqiang | June 1951 (age 72) | 1996-1998 | Ambassador to Czech Republic (2002-2006) Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Vienna (2006-2009) Ambassador to Norway (2009-2012) | |
| 17 | Zhu Bangzao |  | 1952 (age 71–72) | 1998-2001 | Ambassador to Tunisia & Palestine (2001-2003) Ambassador to Switzerland (2004-2008) Ambassador to Spain & Andorra (2009-2014) |
| 18 | Sun Yuxi |  | October 1951 (age 72) | 1998-2002 | Ambassador to Afghanistan (2002-2004) Ambassador to India (2005-2007) Ambassador to Italy (2008-2010) Ambassador to Poland (2010-2012) |
| 19 | Zhang Qiyue | October 1959 (age 64) | 1998-2004 | Ambassador to Belgium (2005-2008) Ambassador to Indonesia (2008-2011) Consul General to New York City, United States (2014–present) | |
| 20 | Kong Quan | November 1955 (age 68) | 2001-2006 | Ambassador to France & Monaco (2008-2013) Administrative Deputy Director of the Central Foreign Affairs Office of the Chinese Communist Party (2015–present) | |
| 21 | Liu Jianchao |  | February 1964 (age 60) | 2001-2009 | Ambassador to Philippine (2009-2011) Ambassador to Indonesia (2011-2013) Deputy Director of National Bureau of Corruption Prevention (2015-2017) Secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection of Zhejiang (2017–present) |
| 22 | Qin Gang |  | March 1966 (age 58) | 2005–2010; 2011-2014 | Director of Foreign Ministry Protocol Department (2015–2018) Assistant Foreign Minister (2018–2021) Ambassador to the United States (2021-2022) Foreign Minister (2022–2023) State Councillor (2023) |
| 23 | Jiang Yu | 1964 (age 59–60) | 2006-2012 | Ambassador to Albania (2015–present) | |
| 24 | Ma Zhaoxu |  | September 1963 (age 60) | 2009-2012 | Ambassador to Australia (2013-2016) Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva (2016–present) |
| 25 | Hong Lei |  | August 1969 (age 54) | 2010-2016 | Consul General to Chicago, United States (2016–present) |
| 26 | Liu Weimin | August 1968 (age 55) | 2011-2012 | Minister Counsellor to the United States (2012–present) | |
| 27 | Hua Chunying |  | April 1970 (age 53–54) | 2012–present | Director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2019–present) Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs (2021–present) |
| 28 | Lu Kang |  | May 1968 (age 55) | 2015-2019 | Director of the Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs (2019–present) |
| 29 | Geng Shuang |  | April 1973 (age 50–51) | 2016-2020 | Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations (2020–present) |
| 30 | Zhao Lijian |  | November 1972 (age 51) | 2020–2023 | Deputy Director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2019–2023) |
| 31 | Wang Wenbin |  | April 1971 (age 52–53) | 2020–present | Deputy Director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2020–present) |
| 32 | Mao Ning |  | December 1972 (age 51) | 2022–present | Deputy Director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2022–present) |
| 33 | Lin Jian |  | May 1977 | 2024–present | Deputy Director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2024–present) |
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