Gao Yusheng (diplomat, born 1947)

Gao Yusheng served as a teacher at Jixian Middle School in Tianjin from 1975 to 1979, pursued graduate studies in economics at Peking University from 1979 to 1982, worked as a cadre at the China Institute of International Studies (CIIS) from 1982 to 1984, held the positions of third and second secretary at the Embassy of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) from 1984 to 1988, and returned to the CIIS as a cadre from 1988 to 1989. From 1989 to 1992, he held the positions of Second Secretary and First Secretary at the Policy Research Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; from 1992 to 1996, he was First Secretary and Counselor at the Embassy in the Russian Federation; from 1996 to 2000, he served as Counselor in the Eurasian Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.^[1]

From 2000 until 2003, he held the position of ambassador of China to Turkmenistan. Served as ambassador of China to the Republic of Uzbekistan from 2003 to 2005; held the ambassador of China to Ukraine from 2005 to 2007; appointed Deputy Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in 2007.^[2]