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, Department of Translation and 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, Department of Translation and Interpretation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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

1995-1998 Counsellor, Department of Translation and 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, Department of Translation and 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