Gong Yuanxing
龚元兴
Chinese Ambassador to Senegal
In office
November 2009 – August 2012
Preceded byLu Shaye
Succeeded byXia Huang
Chinese ambassador to Morocco
In office
December 2006 – May 2009
Preceded byCheng Tao
Succeeded byXu Jinghu
Chinese ambassador to Guinea
In office
August 2001 – January 2004
Preceded byShi Tongning
Succeeded byLiu Yukun
Personal details
BornMarch 1952 (age 71)
Shanghai, China
Political partyCommunist Party of China
Children1
Alma materBordeaux Montaigne University
University of Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3
Sciences Po
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese龔元興
Simplified Chinese龚元兴

Gong Yuanxing (Chinese: 龚元兴; born March 1952) is a former Chinese diplomat.

Biography

Gong was born in Shanghai, in March 1952. After university, he was assigned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1975-1979 he was a staff member in the Chinese Embassy in the Republic of Niger. He returned to China in 1979 and that same year worked in the Translation Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1983, he pursued advanced studies in France, where he studied at the Bordeaux Montaigne University, University of Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3 and the Sciences Po. He returned to China in 1985 and worked in the Translation Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He served as counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in the Republic of Chad from 1996 to 1997 and counsellor of the Chinese Embassy of the Republic of Mali between 1997 and 2001. In 2001 he was appointed Chinese ambassador to Guinea, replacing Shi Tongning. He returned to China in 2004 and briefly served as deputy director of the Foreign Affairs Office of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. In 2005 he was appointed Chinese ambassador to Morocco.[1] He served from 2005 through 2008. In 2009 he was appointed Chinese ambassador to Senegal in succession to Lu Shaye.[2][3][4] He retired from the diplomatic service in August 2012.

Personal life

Gong is married and has a daughter.

Award

In 2012, he was awarded the National Lion Medal by the President of Senegal Macky Sall.

References

  1. ↑ "China-Morocco ties see all-round growth on 50th anniversary". Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  2. ↑ "Chinese President Hu Jintao Appoints New Ambassadors". china-un.ch. 16 November 2009. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  3. ↑ Liu Qinghai (2013-08-14). 访中国驻几内亚、摩洛哥、塞内加尔前大使龚元兴. hexun.com (in Chinese).
  4. ↑ "Senegal reaping benefits after resumption of ties with China". chinadaily. 18 August 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
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