Zhu Qizhen (diplomat)

Zhu Qizhen
朱启祯
Ambassador of China to the United States
In office 1989–1993
Preceded by	Han Xu
Succeeded by	Li Daoyu
Personal details
Born	(1927-12-19)December 19, 1927 Yixing, Jiangsu, China
Died	Beijing
Political party	Communist Party of China
Alma mater	St. John's University, Shanghai
Occupation	diplomat

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhu.

Zhu Qizhen (Chinese: 朱启祯; 19 December 1927 – 23 April 2014) was a diplomat and politician of the People's Republic of China. He served as Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs from August 1984 to October 1989, and was the Chinese ambassador to the United States from 1989 to 1993.

Career

Zhu Qizhen was born in Yixing, Jiangsu province. He graduated from St. John's University in Shanghai in 1948 and joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the newly established People's Republic of China in November 1949. He served at the Chinese embassy in Egypt from 1972 to 1973, and as charge d'affaires at the Chinese embassy in Canberra, Australia from 1973 until 1977, when he was appointed director of the America and Oceania Division, in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing. In 1979 Zhu accompanied Deng Xiaoping in the Chinese leader's historic visit to the United States.

In 1985 Zhu was appointed Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, and from 1989 to 1993 was China's Ambassador to the United States. After returning from the United States he became a member of the standing committee and deputy director of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress of China (1993–97).

Zhu retired in 1998 and died in Beijing on 23 April 2014, aged 87.