Chinese diplomat
Zheng Zeguang (Chinese: 郑泽光; born October 1963) is a Chinese diplomat serving as the Chinese Ambassador to the United Kingdom,[2] and former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of China.[3]
Early life
Zheng was born in October 1963 in Nanjing village in Guangdong Province of China. His father was a buyer for the Meitang people's commune.[4]
After the Cultural Revolution ended and schools reopened, Zheng enrolled himself into Punning No. 2 High School and Puning County Normal College, a high-school-level teacher training college, in 1978.[4] He went to Punning No. 2 High School for seven weeks, until the admission offer from Puning County Normal College arrived. He switched schools to the normal college to study English. After graduating from the school in 1980, he taught English at a middle school in Nanjing village. In 1982, he took the gaokao and was offered a place at South China Normal University.[4] After graduating from the university, Zheng entered a translation class held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and became a diplomat.
Zheng also studied law at Cardiff University.[5] He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1986 and has had placements in Trinidad and Tobago and the United States. Zheng is considered an expert on China–United States relations, having specialised in that field since 1990; he was thought to be a leading contender to be ambassador to the United States.[6][7]
As of September 2021, he is banned from the British Parliament while Chinese sanctions on British MPs remain.[8]
He was appointed as a member of the 14th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference on 17 January 2023 from the Friendship with Foreign Countries Sector.[9]
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