Jiang Yu
Jiang Yu (Chinese: 姜瑜) (born 1964) is the current Foreign Ministry Spokesperson for the People's Republic of China.
Biography
A native of Beijing, she has been working for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for over twenty years and she had been posted around the world, including the United Nations Headquarters in New York City and the Xinhua News Agency in Hong Kong.[1]
Over the years, she has become noted for her sharp commentary. In March 2011, her comments regarding the handling of journalists operating in mainland China in the wake of growing social unease about restricted civil liberties in the mainland attracted some attention.[2]
Positions held
1987-1991: Staff Member of Beijing Personnel Service Corporation for Diplomatic Missions
1991-1992: Staff Member, Attaché, Information Department, MFA
1992-1995: Attaché, Third Secretary, Chinese Permanent Mission to the UN, New York
1995-2002: Third Secretary, Deputy Director and Director, Information Department, MFA
2002-2005: Counsellor, Office of the Commissioner of MFA in Hong Kong
2005-2006: Counsellor, Information Department, MFA
2006-2012: Deputy Director-General, Information Department, MFA
2012- Depty Correspondent of the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region