Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China

This article lists the 35 Spokespersons of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China since 1976. The current spokespersons are Mao Ning, Lin Jian and Guo Jiakun.

List of Spokespersons

  This indicates the current spokespersons

	Name	Image	Year of birth	Term	Ref.
1	Qian Qichen		1928	1982	[1]
2	Qi Huaiyuan		1930	1983–1984	[2]
3	Yu Zhizhong			1984–1985	[3]
4	Wang Zhenyu			1984–1985
5	Ma Yuzhen		1934	1984–1988
6	Li Zhaoxing		1940	1985–1990
7	Li Jinhua		1932	1987–1991
8	Jin Guihua		1935	1988–1991
9	Duan Jin			1990–1993
10	Wu Jianmin		1939	1990–1994
11	Fan Huijuan		1935	1990–1993
12	Li Jianying		1946	1991–1993
13	Chen Jian		1942	1994–1996
14	Shen Guofang		1952	1996–1998
15	Cui Tiankai		1952	1996–1997
16	Tang Guoqiang		1951	1996–1998
17	Zhu Bangzao		1952	1998–2001
18	Sun Yuxi		1951	1998–2002
19	Zhang Qiyue		1959	1998–2004
20	Kong Quan		1955	2001–2006
21	Liu Jianchao		1964	2001–2009
22	Qin Gang		1966	2005–2010; 2011-2014
23	Jiang Yu		1964	2006–2012
24	Ma Zhaoxu		1963	2009–2012
25	Hong Lei		1969	2010–2016
26	Liu Weimin		1968	2011–2012
27	Qin Gang		1966	2011-2014
28	Hua Chunying		1970	2012–2025
29	Lu Kang		1968	2015–2019
30	Geng Shuang		1973	2016–2020
31	Zhao Lijian		1972	2020–2023
32	Wang Wenbin		1971	2020–2024
33	Mao Ning		1972	2022–present
34	Lin Jian		1977	2024–present
35	Guo Jiakun		1980	2025–present	[4]

References

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2. "齐怀远同志逝世". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China (in Chinese). Retrieved 2024-03-30.
3. "盘点：历任外交部新闻发言人都去哪了？". scio.gov.cn. Archived from the original on October 21, 2022. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
4. "Foreign Ministry has new spokesperson". global.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 2025-01-06.