Zhou Wenzhong

Zhou Wenzhong, secretary-general and member of the board of Boao Forum for Asia

Zhou Wenzhong, born in Jiangsu province in August 1945, is a university graduate.

1970-1973 Staff member at the Beijing Diplomatic Service Bureau of China;

1973-1975 Student at Bath University and London School of Economics of the United Kingdom;

1975-1978 Staff member at the Department of Translation and Interpretation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China;

1978-1983 Attaché and then Third Secretary of the Embassy of China to the United States;

1983-1987 Second Secretary, Deputy Division Director and then Division Director of the Department of Translation and Interpretation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China;

1987-1990 Deputy Consul General of China in San Francisco in the United States;

1990-1993 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to Barbados and to Antigua and Barbuda;

1993-1994 Deputy Director General of the Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China;

1994-1995 Consul General (Ambassadorial Rank) of of China in Los Angeles in the United States;

1995-1998 Minister and Deputy Chief of Mission of the Embassy of China to the United States;

1998-2001 Chinese Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Australia;

2001-2003 Assistant Minister at Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China;

2003-2005 Vice-minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China;

2005-2010 Chinese Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States;

2010-Now Secretary-General at Boao Forum for Asia, and vice-president at China-US People's Friendship Association.