Hua Chunying appointed Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs of China
China News Agency, Beijing, October 24 (Reporter Huang Yuqin) The "Principal Officials" column of the official website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China revealed on the 24th that Hua Chunying has served as Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs.
According to public information, Hua Chunying was born in 1970 and graduated from Nanjing University.
He once worked in the former Department of Western Europe, Department of Europe, Department of Information, and the Chinese Embassy in Singapore, and the mission to the European Union.
Since 2012, Hua Chunying has served as the Deputy Director of the Information Department and has become the fifth female press spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China after Li Jinhua, Fan Huijuan, Zhang Qiyue, and Jiang Yu.
In July 2019, Hua Chunying succeeded Lu Kang as Director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and became the first female director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since the reform and opening up.
The regular press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China serves as an important window for Sino-foreign exchanges, conveying voices from China to the outside world.
Since serving as the spokesperson, Hua Chunying’s question-and-answer style has always had distinctive personal characteristics, including friendly and humorous interactions, as well as rigorous refutations. While delivering the voice of China in a rational, well-founded, and powerful manner, he has been frequently praised by the public. , Contributed a lot of diplomatic rhetoric.
For example, in response to Western media reports that China and Russia monitor the iPhone of former US President Trump, Hua Chunying responded humorously, feeling that some people in the United States really want to spare no effort to compete for the "Oscar for Best Screenplay". If you are worried about Apple phones being tapped, you can switch to Huawei phones.
Another example, when refuting the repeated attacks against Chinese companies by former US Secretary of State Pompeo, Hua Chunying cleverly used Lu Xun’s wife Xianglin as an example to say bluntly, "I think Mr. Pompeo behaves very much like Xianglin now. Sister-in-law! It’s just that Xianglin’s sister-in-law nagging is harmless nonsense, while Mr. Pompeo’s nagging is poisonous lies."
In addition, Hua Chunying has repeatedly mentioned the power of "sincerity" in external communication.
When she first appeared in the Lanting in 2012, she told the Chinese and foreign media that she looked forward to sincere communication, equal exchanges, and good cooperation with everyone, so as to make positive contributions to enhancing mutual understanding and understanding, trust and cooperation between China and the world. effort.
In July 2019, Hua Chunying published an article while studying at the Central Party School (National School of Administration) for young and middle-aged cadres. It mentioned again that in the new era, we must use sincere and open communication and a pragmatic style to occupy truth and peace. The commanding heights of justice win the understanding and trust of the international community.
According to the division of labor arrangement shown on the official website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hua Chunying, who has served as Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, will mainly be in charge of news, protocol and translation work.
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