The face of the familiar foreign Ministry of Foreign Affairs has changed.

On July 18, Lu Kang presided over a regular press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as the last spokesman. He also announced that he would no longer be the director and spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Lu Kang was born in 1968 and is 51 years old. He is a senior diplomat.

Since 1993, he has worked in the International Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Department of Military Control, and the US Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.The experience of abroad is also very rich. From March 1996 to May 1999, Lu Kan served as attending and three secrets of the Chinese resident delegation in the United Nations; from 2000 to 2008, he served as the Counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Ireland; from December 2012 to 2015, 2015In March of the year, he served as the ambassador to the U.S. embassy.

In April 2015, Lu Kan took over as the director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and became the 29th spokesman.Two months later, for the first time, he posted important diplomatic activities to the outside world as a spokesman at a regular press conference to explain China's foreign policy position.

Accepting interview with media many times

Speaks often appear at routine press conferences from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but it is rare to accept media interviews.

On January 24, 2017, the US NBC released a video interviewed by Lu Kang's interview with the NBC evening news host, Lester Holt interviewed on the website.The first debate.The NBC website interview video explained that China sent a tough signal to Trump.

In an interview with half an hour, Lu Kang answered many hot topics about Trump's inauguration, Taiwan, South China Sea, North Korea and other hot topics in English.Especially for the Taiwan issue, the confrontation between Lu Kan and Holt impressed many netizens.

On December 19, 2018, Lu Kang accepted an exclusive interview with Hoshizawa Chunichiro at the Headquarters of the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) to answer topics such as Sino -Japanese relations, Sino -US trade frictions, Belt and Road Initiative and other topics.

During the interview, Hua Ze hoped to understand whether China would respond to the requirements of the United States on intellectual property issues.Lu Kang said that consensus needs to be achieved on the basis of mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit.Protecting intellectual property rights in line with China's own interests is a MUST, not everyone's request, but what China must do in the process of building a socialist market economy and reform and opening up.

Serious humor

In the impression of many people, Lu Kan, who stands in the blue hall of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has always been very serious.In the interview, he explained that in fact, what everyone saw his serious style was mainly because there were few problems at the press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

On June 19 this year, at the press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Zheng Zhijun witnessed Lu Kang's lively side.

On the same day, it was a national low -carbon day. Lu Kang just walked into the Blue Hall and a reporter found that the previous spokesman's suit, shirt, and tie three pieces were as less as mdash; mdash; tie.At the beginning of the press conference, Lu Kang explained that he did not have a tie today. It was not forgotten. There were special arrangements.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs participated in the current energy -saving publicity week activities held by the central national organs. Everyone may notice that today's Blue Hall for air -conditioning is not as sufficient as usual, and the temperature has risen, so I did not play a tie.

After getting out of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lu Kang also showed his funny and humorous side.

At the end of 2018, the China Public Foreign Diplomacy Media Group visited Japan. Lu Kan also participated in this civil diplomatic activity to communicate face -to -face with college students from various universities in Kansai, Japan.At the symposium, a girl from the Kansai University of Foreign Studies asked Lu Kan to ask Lu Kang a love question:

I have a lot of Chinese friends. They all recommend that I have communication with Chinese boys. I also know that Chinese boys are very gentle with girls. I have a friend who has a friend who is interacting with Chinese boys. The two of them are very good, but herParents don't agree with it. Can you teach us how to convince your parents?

Your friend is right, and Chinese boys are really gentle.For example, you see the two handsome guys who are translated behind me.By the way, they are already married, so don't think about HELLIP; Hellip; Lu Kang seriously answered the question that has nothing to do with his job.

The next stop of a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The Department of News can be described as the highest exposure departments among the various departments of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

After the founding of New China, the first reporter appeared in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1983.On March 1 that year, Qi Huaiyuan, who later served as the deputy minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, hosted the first press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Beijing International Club, and was also the first regular press conference in China.

In the international club hall that accommodates nearly 100 people, the heavens have no seats.Chinese and foreign reporters each half, with long guns and short guns.At that time, the reporter mostly interviewed a small recorder, which was slightly larger than the mobile phone. A half -table small recorder was placed on the table in front of me.

Qi Huaiyuan later recalled.

The earliest Ministry of Foreign Affairs only released the news when holding a press conference, and did not answer questions.Since September 1983, the first press conference on the first monthly reporter will answer questions; since 1988, each press conference has answered questions.In addition, the frequency of a press conference held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is also increasing. From 1995 to 2011, the press conference was held only twice a week, once every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon.After August 2011, a routine press press of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be increased to 5 times a week, and from Monday to Friday at 3 pm every day in the Blue Hall of the South Building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

After the departure, where is the next stop of the news department?Lu Kang's three previous director Liu Jianchao, Qin Gang and Ma Chaoxu.At present, Liu Jianchao is the deputy director of the CPC Central Committee, and Qin Gang and Ma Chaoxu are the deputy minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Lu Kang's next position has not yet been announced.

  • Lu Kang Resume

Lu Kang, male, born in May 1968, from Jiangsu Province, graduated from a master's degree.

1993-1996 International Department of International Department of Foreign Affairs and accompanied by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;

1996-1999 The Chinese Permanent Mission of the United Nations and three secrets;

1999-2000 Three Secrets of the International Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;

2000-2001 Master of Public Policy of the National University of Singapore;

2001-2006 Second Secret, Deputy Director, Director of the Military Control Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;

2006-2008 Counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Ireland;

2008-2010 Foreign Ministry of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and deputy director, the Asia -Pacific Economic Organization (APEC) senior officials of China;

2010-2012 Deputy Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;

2012-2015 Embassy in the United States;

2015 -Director of the Department of News of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.