Wu Tao | |
Birth Date: | 13 November 1940 |
Birth Place: | Beiping, China |
Death Place: | Beijing, China |
Nationality: | Chinese |
Office: | Ambassador of China to Portugal |
Term Start: | 1 February 1993 |
Term End: | 1 July 1994 |
Predecessor: | Guo Jiading |
Successor: | Wei Dong |
Office1: | Ambassador of China to Russia |
Term Start1: | September 1998 |
Term End1: | July 2001 |
Predecessor1: | Li Fenglin |
Successor1: | Zhang Deguang |
Office2: | Ambassador of China to Australia |
Term Start2: | August 2001 |
Term End2: | December 2003 |
Predecessor2: | Zhou Wenzhong |
Successor2: | Fu Ying |
Wu Tao (Chinese: 武韬, 13 November 1940 – 8 January 2023) was a Chinese diplomat.
Wu Tao served as Chinese ambassador to Portugal from 1992 to 1994, then ambassador to Russia from 1998 to 2001, and ambassador to Australia from 2001 to 2003.[1] [2] He also served as Deputy Foreign Minister from 1994 to 1998.
Wu Tao died of COVID-19 on 8 January 2023 in Beijing, aged 82.[3]