Inspector Yishan ZHANG
| Nationality: |
Chinese |
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| Date of birth: |
April 1946 |
| Place of birth: |
Tianjin, China |
| Marital status: |
Married, one daughter |
| Languages: |
Chinese and English |
Professional experience
| July 2006 - present |
Ambassador of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China |
| 2002 – June 2006 |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Deputy Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations and the Security Council |
| 1997 – 2002 |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations and other international organizations, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Preparatory Committee for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization in Vienna |
| 1994 - 1997 |
Deputy Director-General, Department of International Organizations and Conferences, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 1992 - 1994 |
Counselor, Department of International Organizations and Conferences, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 1988 - 1992 |
First Secretary, then Counselor, Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva |
| 1984 - 1987 |
Deputy Director, then Director, Department of International Organizations and Conferences, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 1979 - 1982 |
Staff member, Department of International Organizations and Conferences, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 1972 - 1979 |
Staff member, Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations |
Educational background
| 1983 - 1984 |
Parven Fellow, major in international relations, international
organizations and international law, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and
International Affairs, Princeton University, United States of America |
| 1982 - 1983 |
International relations and international organizations study, School of
International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, United States of America |
| 1968 - 1972 |
Advanced English courses, Beijing Foreign Studies University |
| 1964 - 1968 |
Undergraduate, English major, Beijing Foreign Studies University |
Experience closely related to the post
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Actively engaged in multilateral diplomacy in the United Nations over the past 30 years and posted to all three United Nations headquarters (New York, Geneva and Vienna). While working in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was in charge of United Nations affairs, attended numerous international meetings held by different organs in the political, economic, social and other fields, including security, arms control, sustainable development and labour, and became familiar with the organization and operation of all bodies in the United Nations system. Since 1972, attended 24 sessions of the General Assembly. Since 2002, delegate of China to the General Assembly and its second, third, fifth and sixth Committees and head of the Chinese delegations to Economic and Social Council meetings.
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Publication
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Deputy Editor-in-Chief, China and the United Nations: In Commemoration of the
Sixtieth Anniversary of the Founding of the United Nations, World
Affairs Press
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