Liu Hongcai
Liu Hongcai | |
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刘洪才 | |
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Chinese Ambassador to North Korea | |
In office 2010–2015 | |
Preceded by | Liu Xiaoming |
Succeeded by | Li Jinjun |
Vice Minister, International Liaison Department of the Chinese Communist Party | |
In office 2003–2010 | |
Personal details | |
Born | June 1955 (age 69) Panjin, Liaoning |
Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
Alma mater | Beijing International Studies University |
Liu Hongcai (born June 1955) is a Chinese diplomat, currently the deputy head of the International Liaison Department of the Chinese Communist Party; he is the former Chinese Ambassador to North Korea.[1]
Liu was born in 1955 in Liaoning. He studied Japanese at Beijing Second Foreign Language Institute from 1972 to 1975.[1] In his final year, Liu joined the Chinese Communist Party and was assigned to the International Liaison Department of the Central Committee upon graduation.[2] Between the years of 1989 to 1992, he served as First Secretary at the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo.[1] In 2003, he was appointed Vice Minister of the International Liaison Department.[2] In 2010, he succeeded Liu Xiaoming as the Chinese Ambassador to North Korea.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. "Curriculum Vitae of Ambassador Liu Hongcai". Retrieved 13 October 2013.
- ^ a b Shambaugh, David (March 2007). "China's "quiet diplomacy": the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party". China: An International Journal.