Chen Yonglong

Chen Yonglong graduated from the Beijing Institute of Foreign Trade and commenced his career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China in 1971 as a staff member at the consulate general in Dhaka, subsequently pursuing further training at Ealing College of Technology in London in 1972. In 1998, he assumed the position of Minister Counselor at the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the United States. In September 2001, he was appointed Ambassador of China to Jordan.^[1] In December 2003, he assumed the role of ambassador to Israel. In 2007, he departed from his diplomatic post to return to China, subsequently withdrawing from frontline diplomacy.^[2] He then became the vice-president of the Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs, and in 2010, he was appointed a member of the National Committee on Climate Change. In December 2014, he was appointed to the foreign policy advisory committee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.^[3][4]