Wang Yi
Wang Yi | |
|---|---|
王毅 | |
Wang in 2025 | |
| Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission | |
| Assumed office 1 January 2023 | |
| General Secretary | Xi Jinping |
| Foreign Minister | Qin Gang Himself |
| Preceded by | Yang Jiechi |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| Assumed office 25 July 2023 | |
| Premier | Li Qiang |
| Party Secretary | Qi Yu |
| Preceded by | Qin Gang |
| In office 16 March 2013 – 30 December 2022 | |
| Premier | Li Keqiang |
| Party Secretary | Zhang Yesui Qi Yu |
| Preceded by | Yang Jiechi |
| Succeeded by | Qin Gang |
| State Councilor of China | |
| In office 19 March 2018 – 12 March 2023 | |
| Premier | Li Keqiang |
| 8th Director of the Taiwan Affairs Office | |
| In office 1 June 2008 – 16 March 2013 | |
| Premier | Wen Jiabao |
| Preceded by | Chen Yunlin |
| Succeeded by | Zhang Zhijun |
| Chinese Ambassador to Japan | |
| In office 26 September 2004 – 24 September 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Wu Dawei |
| Succeeded by | Cui Tiankai |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 October 1953 Beijing, China |
| Party | Chinese Communist Party (1981–present) |
| Education | Beijing International Studies University (BLit) Nankai University (MEc) China Foreign Affairs University (PhD) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Diplomat |
| Signature | |
| Website | www.gov.cn/wangyi |
Wang Yi (Chinese: 王毅; pinyin: Wáng Yì; born 19 October 1953) is a Chinese diplomat and politician who is the Director of the Central Committee Foreign Affairs Commission Office of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Born in Beijing, Wang studied Japanese at Beijing International Studies University. He joined the Asian section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs after his graduation. In 1989, he was sent to the Chinese embassy in Japan and served there for five years. From 1997 to 1998, Wang was a visiting scholar at the Georgetown University in the United States. After his return, he became assistant minister and the director of office of policy research. In 2001, Wang was elevated to Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs in charge of Asian affairs. From 2004 to 2007, he served as the Chinese ambassador to Japan.
Wang served as the Director of the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office from 2008 to 2013. In 2013, Wang was appointed as the Minister of Foreign Affairs. From 2018 to 2023, he also served as a State Councilor of China. In 2022, he became a member of the CCP Politburo, and was succeeded by Qin Gang as foreign minister. In 2023, after Qin Gang's removal, Wang Yi was reappointed as foreign minister.