Yuan Mindao

Yuan Mindao was born in August 1966 in Zhenping County, Henan, China. He is of Han ethnicity. He began his professional career in July 1988 and joined the Chinese Communist Party in April 1995. He graduated from the Japanese Language Department of Beijing Foreign Studies University, where he completed an undergraduate degree.^[2]

Yuan has spent much of his career working in the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries. From 2020 to 2022, he served as Secretary-General of the association.^[3] In 2022, he was appointed Vice President, and he currently also serves as a member of its Leading Party Members Group.^[4]

On August 2, 2024, at the 11th National Council meeting of the CPAFFC held in Beijing, Yuan was elected as a Vice President of the 11th Standing Council of the association.^[5]