Director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 July 2019
Deputy
Wang Wenbin
Preceded by
Lu Kang
Deputy Director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
In office August 2012 – July 2019
Director
Qin Gang Liu Jianchao Lu Kang
Preceded by
Hong Lei
Succeeded by
Yu Dunhai
Personal details
Born
(1970-04-24) April 24, 1970 (age 54) Huaiyin, Jiangsu, China
Political party
Chinese Communist Party (1993–present)
Parent(s)
Qian Yong (father) Hua Jie (mother)
Relatives
Qian Chunmin (sister)
Alma mater
Nanjing University (BA)
Occupation
Diplomat
Signature
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese
华春莹
Traditional Chinese
華春瑩
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Huà Chūnyíng
Hua Chunying (Chinese: 华春莹; born 24 April 1970) is a Chinese diplomat who has been serving as Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs of China since 2021 and spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 2012.
After graduating from Nanjing University with a major in English language and literature in 1992, Hua joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a section member. She served as staff member, attaché, and third secretary in the Ministry's Department of Western Europe and the China Embassy in Singapore from 1992 to 2003. She served as second secretary, first secretary, and then counselor in the Mission of China to the European Union from 2003 to 2010. Hua then served as counselor at the Department of European Affairs from 2010 to 2012, deputy director of information from 2012 to 2019, and director of information from 2019 to 2021. She was appointed as the assistant minister of foreign affairs in 2021.
HuaChunying (Chinese: 华春莹; born 24 April 1970) is a Chinese diplomat who has been serving as Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs of China since 2021...
2015. Her story was widely reported in international media. In 2019 HuaChunying of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China...
zero-sum mentality and narrow geopolitical perspective". Spokesperson HuaChunying said "China is firmly opposed to the US, the UK and Australia's malicious...
On January 15, 2019, the spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry HuaChunying stated at a regular press conference that the Meng case is not a regular...
removed on December 30. January 12, 2020, another Pincong user published "HuaChunying Emulator". April 16, 2020, Nature journal in its article China is tightening...
States and settled in Virginia. China's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson HuaChunying has stated that Tursun was taken into custody by police on "suspicion...
Uighur is a crime." A spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, HuaChunying, has stated that Tursun was taken into custody by police on "suspicion...
international law and the outcome of arbitration. The spokesperson of China HuaChunying responded in a press conference said that the award by the Arbitral Tribunal...
message to Modi on 17 May. China – Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson HuaChunying said, "China is willing to make joint efforts with the new Indian government...
Ministry's daily press conference, the Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman HuaChunying stated that "[t]he British police are working against the clock to verify...
arranged to express solidarity with Kashmiris. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman HuaChunying opposed the integration of the Ladakh Union Territory into India's administrative...
Crowdstrike report. This was brought up by Foreign Ministry spokeswoman HuaChunying, as an example of the United States being hypocritical in their accusations...
Taiwan to obtain membership at a later date. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman HuaChunying said that Taiwan should avoid creating a "two Chinas" or "one China,...
held on September 27, China Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson HuaChunying maintained that the cases of Meng and the two Michaels were separate...
(IAEA) has said many times that Iran is in compliance with the agreement. HuaChunying, spokeswoman of China's Foreign Ministry, said that "[a]ll sides need...
Twitter message from the same day, mainland government spokesperson HuaChunying referred to the detainees as "elements" who had intended to separate...
miles of Fiery Cross Reef. 13 May – Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman HuaChunying said that more than 40 countries support its stance on South China Sea...
Korea, have also covered him. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson HuaChunying also reposted photos of Ding Zhen on Twitter. The "Ding Zhen phenomenon"...
China. On 5 December 2014, PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman HuaChunying denied the House testimony and said "We have assisted with supplying...
the Catalan government. China – China's foreign ministry spokesperson HuaChunying stated: "China's stance on this issue is consistent and clear. China...
2020 Serving with Mao Ning, Hu Jian, Lin Jian, Jiang Xiaoyan Director HuaChunying Preceded by Geng Shuang Chinese Ambassador to Tunisia In office May 2018 –...
lending support to Maduro with Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman HuaChunying stating that China "supports efforts made by the Venezuelan government...
governing party'". China: Foreign Ministry Deputy Director and Spokeswoman HuaChunying expressed hope on building on existing relations between Canada and China...
Stoltenberg, and Pope Francis. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman HuaChunying said the Chinese government hopes Biden will restore bilateralism. Iranian...