H.E. Mr. ZHANG Yuanyuan, born in November 1950 in Heilongjiang Province of China.

  1973-1976 Studied at Carleton University and University of Toronto, Canada

  1977-1981 Staff member, Chinese Consulate-General in Vancouver

  1981-1986 Attaché, Third Secretary and Deputy Director, Departmentof Translationand Interpretation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

  1986-1990 Second Secretary and First Secretary, Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations

  1990-1994 First Secretary and Director, Departmentof Translationand Interpretation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

  1994-1995 Studied at the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, USA

  1995-1998 Counsellor, Departmentof Translationand Interpretation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

  1998-2001 Counsellor and Spokesman, Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the United States of America

  2001-2005 Director-General, Departmentof Translationand Interpretation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

  2005-2008 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to New Zealand

  2008- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Kingdom of Belgium

  Married with a son