Le Yucheng Explained

Office:Deputy Director of the National Radio and Television Administration
Term Start:June 2022
Term End:July 2023
Premier:Li Keqiang
Li Qiang
Office1:Executive Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
Minister1:Wang Yi
Term Start1:March 2018
Term End1:June 2022
Successor1:Ma Zhaoxu
Premier1:Li Keqiang
Office2:Chinese Ambassador to India
Term Start2:12 September 2014
Term End2:1 April 2016
Predecessor2:Wei Wei
Successor2:Luo Zhaohui
Office3:Chinese Ambassador to Kazakhstan
Term Start3:8 August 2013
Term End3:September 2014
Predecessor3:Zhou Li
Successor3:Zhang Hanhui
Le Yucheng
Native Name Lang:zh-Hans
Birth Place:Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
Party:Chinese Communist Party

Le Yucheng (; born in June 1963) is a Chinese retired diplomat and politician. He served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs between 2018 and 2022.

Career

Born in Yangzhou, in 1986 Yucheng graduated in Russian language and literature at the Nanjing Normal University and then started a diplomacy career joining the Soviet Union's East European Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Among other assignments, he served as Minister Counsellor and Minister at the Embassy of the Russian Federation, Chinese ambassador to Kazakhstan between 2013 and 2014, and to India between 2014 and 2016, and deputy director of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission.[1]

In October 2017, Le was elected as an alternate member of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, and in March 2018, he was appointed deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.[2]

Once considered a potential successor to Foreign Minister Wang Yi, in June 2022 Le was instead moved to the position of deputy director of the National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA), which was widely seen as a demotion.[3] [4] He further lost his alternate membership in the Central Committee after the 20th CCP National Congress, and was retired from the position of deputy director of the NRTA in July 2023 after reaching the age of 60.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Career diplomat moves to Chinese state broadcasting body as deputy chief . 24 January 2023 . . 14 June 2022 . en.
  2. News: 高楼 . 中央候补委员乐玉成出任外交部副部长 . 24 January 2023 . . 30 March 2018.
  3. News: Nakazawa . Katsuji . Russia hand's demotion signals shift in Xi's strategy . 24 January 2023 . . 23 June 2022.
  4. News: Lamperti . Lorenzo . Friends with(out) benefits: La Cina non ha intenzione di scaricare la Russia per avvicinarsi all’Occidente . 24 January 2023 . . 23 January 2023 . it-IT.
  5. News: Zhuang . Sylvie . 31 July 2023 . Career diplomat and Russia expert Le Yucheng retires after move to state media body . . 2 August 2023.