Zhang Xiyun

In 1976, Zhang Xiyun was a clerk in the Soviet-European Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1982, he advanced to attaché and third secretary at the Embassy in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. By 1986, he held the positions of third secretary and second secretary in the Soviet-European Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1988, he became the second secretary at the embassy in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. In 1991, he was appointed first secretary at the embassy in the Russian Federation. In 1992, he ascended to deputy head and subsequently head of the Eurasian Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1992, he served as Deputy Director and Director of the Eurasian Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1995, Zhang was the assistant inspector at the Central Foreign Affairs Office. In 1997, he served as the Minister-Counselor at the Embassy of the Russian Federation. In 2000, he served as the minister at the Embassy of the Russian Federation. In 2002, he became the ambassador of China to Azerbaijan.^[1] In 2005, he worked as the ambassador of China to Kazakhstan.^[2][3] In 2008, he served as the Director of Department of European-Central Asian Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs [zh]. In 2010, he was the ambassador of China to Ukraine.^[4][5]