Qin Gang
Qin Gang (; born March 1966) is a Chinese diplomat currently serving as the Chinese Ambassador to the United States. Previously he served as Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs. He is also the twenty-second spokesperson since the spokesperson system was established in the ministry back in 1983. Biography. Qin was born and raised in Tianjin. In 1984, he entered University of International Relations, majoring in science of international politics, where he graduated in 1988. Career. After graduation, Qin was appointed as an official in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China and over  a period of 18 years worked his way up to the position of spokesperson. From 2005 to 2010, he served as the spokesperson of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China and deputy director of Foreign Ministry Information Department. In September 2010, Qin was named acting Embassy of the People's Republic of China, London, a position he held until December 2011, when he was transferred to Beijing as director of Foreign Ministry Information Department. Since 2017, he is working as assistant minister of Foreign Affairs and director-general of the Protocol Department in the Ministry  of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China. In September 2018, Qin was appointed as the vice minister of the Foreign Affairs Ministry. In July 2021, Qin became the 11th Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the United States, succeeding Cui Tiankai. In April 2022, a special question and answer (Q&A) session between the three "taikonauts" of Shenzhou 13 aboard the Tiangong space station and American students was held in the Chinese Embassy in U.S. in Washington, D.C. Qin served as the official host of the event. Elon Musk was also featured in the event  where his pre-recorded remarks on wishes of cooperation of humanity on space in the future was played. Personal life. Qin is married with one son.