Qiu Guohong Explained

Office1:7th Chinese Ambassador to South Korea
Term Start1:January 2014
Term End1:7 February 2020
Predecessor1:Zhang Xinsen
Successor1:Xing Haiming
Office2:17th Chinese Ambassador to Nepal
Term Start2:November 2008
Term End2:April 2011
Predecessor2:Zheng Xianglin
Successor2:Yang Houlan
Qiu Guohong
Native Name:邱国洪
Native Name Lang:zh
Birth Place:Shanghai, China
Party:Chinese Communist Party
Alma Mater:Shanghai International Studies University

Qiu Guohong (; born December 1957) is a Chinese diplomat who served as the Chinese Ambassador to South Korea from 2014 to 2020 and Chinese Ambassador to Nepal from 2008 to 2011.

Life and career

Qiu was born and raised in Shanghai. After graduating from Shanghai International Studies University he was assigned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China.

He spent 20 years working in the Chinese Embassy in Japan before serving as deputy director of the Asian Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China.

In November 2008 he was promoted to become the Chinese Ambassador to Nepal, a position he held until April 2011.[1]

He was director of Security Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China in April 2011, and held that office until January 2014.

In January 2014, he was appointed the Chinese Ambassador to South Korea by 12th Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, succeeding Zhang Xinsen.[2] His assignment in South Korea ended in 2020.

Notes and References

  1. News: List of Ambassadors from China to Nepal . Embassy of the PRC in the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal . 2015. zh.
  2. News: http://www.chinanews.com/gj/2014/02-28/5895100.shtml. zh:韩媒:中国驻韩大使邱国洪向朴槿惠递交国书 . Chinanews . 2014-02-28 . zh .