Li Zhaoxing
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- This is a Chinese name; the family name is Li.
| Li Zhaoxing | |
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| Assumed office 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Tang Jiaxuan |
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| Born | October 20 1940 (age 69) Shandong, China |
| Political party | Communist Party of China |
Li Zhaoxing (born October 20, 1940) (Traditional Chinese:李肇星, Simplified Chinese:李肇星, Hanyu Pinyin: Lǐ Zhàoxīng, Wade-Giles: Li Chao-hsing)is the foreign minister of the People's Republic of China.
He was born in Shandong province and graduated from Peking University in 1964. He worked as a diplomat in Africa before becoming Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1990 and Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1995, ambassador to the United States in 1998, and Foreign Minister in 2003.
| Preceded by: Li Daoyu | China's Ambassador to the US 1998–2001 | Succeeded by: Yang Jiechi |
| Preceded by: Tang Jiaxuan | Foreign Minister of China 2003–present | Succeeded by: Incumbent |
