Tang Jiaxuan
Advisor, CCIEE
Former State Councillor, PRC
Born in Shanghai in January of 1938, Tang Jiaxuan studied Japanese in the Department of Japanese and Culture at Peking University.
1964 |
Translation Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
1970 |
Deputy Director, People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries; Board Member, China-Japan Friendship Association |
1978 |
Second Secretary and then First Secretary, the Chinese Embassy to Japan |
1985 |
Deputy Director-General, Department of Asian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
1988 |
Minister Counsellor and then Minister, the Chinese Embassy to Japan |
1991 |
Assistant Minister and then Vice Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
1998.3 |
Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
2003.3- 2008.3 State Councillor, PRC
Present- Chief Chinese Member, China-Japan Friendship Committee
for the 21st Century;
Chairman, China-Japan Friendship Association;
Senior Advisor, Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs;
Hornorable President, Translators Association of China; Honorable Advisor, China-US Exchange Foundation
Advisor, China Center for International Economic Exchanges
Publication: Heavy Storm and Gentle Breeze: A Memoir of China's
Diplomacy