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Written article | Dong Xin

On March 28, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mao Ning, should be introduced at a regular press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that after the agreed of the Chinese and North Korean sides, China's new ambassador to North Korea Wang Yajun has arrived in the DPRK on March 27.

The above news confirms that Wang Yajun, former deputy minister of the Central Committee of the Central Committee, has been the 18th Chinese ambassador to North Korea. Public information shows that Wang Yajun was born in December 1969. He graduated from Anhui and graduated from the diplomatic college and has worked in foreign affairs systems for many years.

In 1999, Wang Yajun was stationed in the European Union. By 2004, he successively served as the Chinese embassy in Belgium, first -class secretary of the EU, and deputy consul of the Consul General in Strasbourg, France.

In September 2004, Wang Yajun returned to China as the director of the Economic Foreign Foreign and Cooperation Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Since June 2005, he has served as Counselor and Deputy Director of Policy Research Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

In 2007, Wang Yajun published Oriental Red Western Blue: A diplomat's experience in Europe.The book is based on his personal experience, observing and analyzing the development of European society.According to the content, this episode is "he used a little gain of a young diplomat and young workers to observe, narrate and think about European society."

In March 2008, Wang Yajun was praised by the envoy of the EU EU, and in April 2010, he served as the Emperor's Embassy Mission (Main Bureau level).

In November 2010, Wang Yajun returned to his country from the EU ambassador. At the reception, he recalled his time in Brussels for nearly three years.After a short twisting of 2008, it returned to the stable development track, achieved great development, and faced major historical development opportunities.

In March 2011, Wang Yajun entered the Central Foreign Affairs Office and served as director of the Central Foreign Affairs Office of Policy Research. Until June 2015, he served as director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Policy Planning Department.

In June 2016, Wang Yajun was transferred from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Central Ministry as the assistant minister.

In January 2018, Wang Yajun was promoted to the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of the United States.Public reports show that he was the youngest deputy ministerial official in the foreign affairs system at that time.

In February 2021, the official website of the Ministry of the United States showed that Wang Yajun no longer served as deputy minister.

After more than two years, he appeared again on the public media again.

Li Jinjun, who had previously served as the Chinese ambassador to North Korea.He was appointed in February 2015, and returned to the country at the end of 2021. He was the longest in the term of office in the Ambassador to the North Korea.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning said at a regular press conference on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 28 that China and North Korea are friendly neighbors connected to landscapes. In recent years, under the strategic leadership of the highest leaders of the two parties and two countries, China -DPRK relationsEntering the new historical period and continued to develop forward. I believe that Ambassador Wang Yajun will play an important role in promoting the development of traditional friendly and cooperative relations between China and DPRK.

Information | Beijing Youth Daily, Surging News, etc.