Bio-Data of Mr. ZHOU Yuxiao,Chinese Ambassador to Liberia

Date & Place of Birth: January 29, 1954 in Jiangsu Province

Education:

1974-1978  Student of Beijing Foreign Languages University

1981-1983  Overseas study at University of Toronto and University of Regina, Canada in Political Science and International Relations

Experience:

1978-1981  Staff in Charge of Asian and Oceanic Affairs at the Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs (CPIFA)

1983-1989  Senior staff and Deputy Director of the Department for Asian, African and Oceanic Affairs, CPIFA

1989-1993  First Secretary in the Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations Offices in Geneva

1993-1995  Director of the Department for North American and Oceanic Affairs, CPIFA

1996-1999  Deputy Director-General of United Nations Association of China (UNA-China)

1999-2003  Political Counsellor in the Chinese Embassy in Nigeria

2003-2005  Vice President and Director-General of UNA-China

2004-2005  Vice Chairman of the Executive Committee of the World Federation of the United Nations Association (WFUNA)

Dec. 2005- Jun. 2007  Minister Counsellor in the Chinese Embassy in South Africa

Aug. 2007- Present   Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Liberia