Gong Xiaosheng Explained

Gong Xiaosheng
Native Name:	宫小生
Office:	People's Republic of China Ambassador to the Palestinian National Authority of China to
Predecessor:	Wu Jiuhong
Successor:	Yang Weiguo
Office2:	Chinese Ambassador to Jordan of China to Jordan
Predecessor2:	Luo Xingwu
Successor2:	Yu Hongyang
Office3:	Chinese Ambassador to Turkey of China to Turkey
Successor3:	Yu Hongyang
Office4:	China's Special Envoy on the Middle East Issue
Term End4:	September 2019
Predecessor4:	Wu Sike
Successor4:	Zhai Jun
Birth Place:	Shandong, China
Alma Mater:	speaks Arabic

Gong Xiaosheng (born 1953) is a Chinese ambassador.

• From 1980 to 1984 he was Third Secretary in Cairo (Egypt).
• From November 2002 to July 2005 he was ambassador to the Palestinian National Authority.
• From September 2006 to October 2008 he was ambassador to Amman (Jordan).
• From October 2008 to July 2014 was ambassador in Ankara (Turkey).^[1]
• From until September 2019 he was China's Special Envoy on the Middle East Issue.^{[2] [3]}

Notes and References

1. Ambassador of China to the Turkish Republic Gong Xiaosheng who speaks Arabic before coming to Turkey in November 20084 September 2012 http://www.ankarascene.com/haber/gong-xiaosheng-3740.html
2. China's Special Envoy on the Middle East Issue Gong Xiaosheng Visits Egypt, http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/wjbxw/t1195083.shtml
3. Book: Murphy, Dawn C. . China's rise in the Global South : the Middle East, Africa, and Beijing's alternative world order . 2022 . 978-1-5036-3060-4 . Stanford, California . 102 . 1249712936.