Ambassador H.E. ZHOU, Wenzhong Secretary-General, Boao Forum for Asia

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Mr. ZHOU Wenzhong, born in Jiangsu Province in August 1945, is a university graduate.
1970-1973, Staff member of the Beijing Diplomatic Service Bureau of China;
1973-1975, Student at Bath University and London School of Economics of the UK;
1975-1978, Staff member of the Department of Translation and Interpretation, Foreign Ministry of China;
1978-1983, Attaché and then Third Secretary of the Chinese Embassy to the US;
1983-1987, Second Secretary, Deputy Division Director and then Division Director of the Department of Translation and Interpretation, Foreign Ministry of China;
1987-1990, Deputy Consul General of China in San Francisco in the US;
1990-1993, Ambassador of China to Barbados and to Antigua and Barbuda;
1993-1994, Deputy Director General of the Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs, Foreign Ministry of China;
1994-1995, Consul General (Ambassadorial Rank) of China in Los Angeles;
1995-1998, Minister and DCM of Chinese Embassy to the US;
1998-2001, Ambassador of China to Australia;
2001-2003, Assistant Foreign Minister;
2003-2005, Vice Foreign Minister;
2005-2010, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of to the US;
2010- Secretary-General, Boao Forum for Asia;Vice President, China-US People’s Friendship Association.