Wang Wenbin

Wang Wenbin (Chinese: 汪文斌; pinyin: Wāng Wénbīn; born April 1971) is a Chinese politician diplomat, the spokesperson of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, deputy director of the Foreign Ministry Information Department, and is a member of the Chinese Communist Party. He is the 32nd spokesperson since the position was established in the ministry back in 1983. He served as the Chinese Ambassador to Tunisia from 2018 to 2020, and has worked in Chinese embassies in Mauritius and Senegal.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Wang.
Wang Wenbin
汪文斌
Wang Wenbin at the regular press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on December 31, 2020
Deputy Director of the Foreign Ministry Information Department of China
Assumed office
July 2020
DirectorHua Chunying
Preceded byGeng Shuang
Chinese Ambassador to Tunisia
In office
May 2018 – June 2020
Preceded byBian Yanhua
Succeeded byZhang Jianguo
Personal details
BornApril 1971 (age 50–51)
Tongcheng, Anhui, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Children1
Alma materChina Foreign Affairs University

Biography

Wang was born in Anhui, China in April 1971. He attended Nanjing Jinling High School.[1] In 1989 he entered China Foreign Affairs University, where he majored in French. After graduation, he was assigned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He served in various diplomatic positions including deputy director and director of the Policy Research Office, political counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in the Republic of Mauritius, counsellor of the Department of Policy Planning, and deputy director of the Department of Policy Planning. He was designated by 13th Standing Committee of the National People's Congress in May 2018 to replace Bian Yanhua as Ambassador to Tunisia. On 17 July 2020, he was appointed the spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry, succeeding Geng Shuang.[2]

In February 2021, Wenbin called the Uyghur genocide the "lie of the century".[3][4]

Personal life

Wang is married and has a daughter.[5]

References
  1. Huang Huan (黄欢); Hu Anjing (胡安静); Fan Jiexun (范杰逊) (17 July 2020). 外交部新任发言人是金陵中学校友，班主任：他做事沉稳非常自律. xhby.net (in Chinese). Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  2. Yu Xiaoqing (于潇清) (17 July 2020). 外交部新发言人汪文斌：投身外交近三十年后回归新闻司. thepaper.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  3. Westcott, Ben; Wright, Rebecca (9 March 2021). "First independent report into Xinjiang genocide allegations claims evidence of Beijing's 'intent to destroy' Uyghur people". CNN. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  4. Griffiths, James (17 April 2021). "From cover-up to propaganda blitz: China's attempts to control the narrative on Xinjiang". CNN. Archived from the original on 22 April 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  5. Zhou Jingwei (周经纬) (17 July 2020). 外交部新任发言人汪文斌正式亮相，华春莹这样介绍他. Beijing Daily (in Chinese). Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  • Wang Wenbin on the Official website of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China
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