According to the website of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Affairs on March 14, the State Council appointed state staff of the State Council.

Chen Xiaodong was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Chen Xiaodong (Source of Data Map: Official Website of the Chinese Embassy in South Africa)

According to public resumes, Chen Xiaodong, male, Han nationality, born in December 1965, a master's degree in business management, member of the Communist Party of China.

Chen Xiaodong entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1988 .The Second Secrets and Secrets of the Embassy in Jordan, the Secret of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Hash, the Secret of the People's Republic of China in the Republic of the Republic of Egypt in Arabia, and the Counselor and Deputy Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the North African Division of the Foreign Ministry.

In 2006, Chen Xiaodong served as the Special Ambassador of the People's Republic of China in the Republic of Iraq . Two years later, he was transferred to the Emperor's Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Britain and the Northern Ireland Embassy in 2008.

In 2010, Chen Xiaodong served as the director of the North African Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and In 2015, he served as the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China in the Republic of Singapore.

In 2017, Chen Xiaodong served as assistant minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and 2020 appointed the People's Republic of China in the South Africa Republic's Special Ambassador.

According to the official website of the Chinese Embassy in South Africa, on March 7 this year, Chen Xiaodong visited the President of South Africa Lamaga in the Presidential Mansion of Billerian. On March 11, Chen Xiaodong and his wife Zhang Bin left the country.