Fan Xianrong
{{Short description|Chinese diplomat}}
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| term_start1 = March 2020
| term_end1 = November 2024
| predecessor1 = Du Wei
| successor1 = Ma Shengkun
| office2 = Chinese Ambassador to Tajikistan
| term_start2 = July 2010
| term_end2 = December 2015
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| successor2 = {{ill|Yue Bin|zh|岳斌}}
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| birth_place = Chongqing, China
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Fan Xianrong ({{zh|s=范先荣|hp=Fàn Xiānróng}}; born March 1963) is a Chinese diplomat who served as the {{ill|List of ambassadors of China to Ukraine|zh|中国驻乌克兰大使列表|lt=Chinese Ambassador to Ukraine}} from March 2020 to November 2024.{{cite news |title=Interview: China, Ukraine practical cooperation in 2021 fruitful, says Chinese ambassador |url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/20220115/af9f12996f6844e9a105827eb3ef94ad/c.html |access-date=2 March 2022 |work=xinhuanet.com |date=15 January 2022}} He served as Chinese Ambassador to Tajikistan from 2010 to 2015.
Biography
Fan was born in Chongqing, in March 1963 and graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University. In 1992, he went to Kyiv, Ukraine to participate in the preparation for the establishment of the Chinese Embassy in Ukraine. He served as counsellor of the Embassy in the Russian Federation in 2001 and consul general in Khabarovsk in 2004. In 2008, he was appointed as counsellor of the General Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China. The Chinese government appointed him Chinese Ambassador to Tajikistan in July 2010, and held that office until December 2015.{{cite web | title=范先荣大使简历 | website=中华人民共和国驻乌克兰大使馆 | date=2020-02-27 | url=http://ua.china-embassy.gov.cn/dsxxpd/201007/t20100728_3257532.htm | language=zh | access-date=2025-03-27}}
In 2015, he returned to China and that same year became director of the Foreign Affairs Office of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.{{cite web | title=康占平任宁夏回族自治区外事办主任，范先荣去职_人事风向_澎湃新闻-The Paper | website=澎湃新闻 | url=https://m.thepaper.cn/wifiKey_detail.jsp?contid=1811336&from=wifiKey | language=zh | access-date=2025-03-27}}{{cite web | title=康占平任宁夏自治区外事办主任 范先荣不再担任_中国经济网——国家经济门户 | website=district.ce.cn | url=https://district.ce.cn/newarea//sddy/201709/29/t20170929_26417261.shtml | access-date=2025-03-27}}
In 2017, he was sent to Russia again and was appointed envoy of the Chinese Embassy in the Russian Federation.{{cite web | title=开始撤侨！中国驻乌大使：“祖国动用了一切资源”-环球人物网 | website=环球人物网 | date=2024-09-30 | url=https://www.globalpeople.com.cn/n4/2022/0301/c305955-21316845.html | access-date=2025-03-27}} In February 2020, he was appointed {{ill|List of ambassadors of China to Ukraine|zh|中国驻乌克兰大使列表|lt=Chinese Ambassador to Ukraine}}, replacing Du Wei.{{cite news |author1=Liu, Xuan |title=Embassy to help evacuate Chinese citizens, envoy says |url=https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202202/28/WS621c2233a310cdd39bc89311.html |access-date=2 March 2022 |work=chinadaily.com |date=28 February 2022}}{{cite news |author1=Shi, Jiangtao |title=China's Ukraine evacuation plan on hold, with worse expected to come |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3168572/chinas-ukraine-evacuation-plan-hold-worse-expected-come |access-date=2 March 2022 |work=South China Morning Post |date=27 February 2022}} On November 26, 2024, Chinese president Xi Jinping appointed Ma Shengkun as new Chinese ambassador to Ukraine, and Fan Xianrong left his post, in accordance with the decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.{{cite news |url=http://en.qstheory.cn/2024-11/27/c_1048392.htm |title=Chinese president appoints new ambassadors |work=qstheory.cn |date=27 November 2024 |access-date=28 December 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://mfa.gov.ua/news/andrij-sibiga-prijnyav-posla-kitayu-v-ukrayini-fan-syanzhuna-u-zvyazku-iz-zavershennyam-jogo-diplomatichnoyi-misiyi|script-title=uk:Андрій Сибіга прийняв посла Китаю в Україні Фань Сяньжуна у звʼязку із завершенням його дипломатичної місії|date=2024-11-05|access-date=2024-11-21|work=乌克兰外交部|language=uk|archive-date=2024-11-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241110002649/https://mfa.gov.ua/news/andrij-sibiga-prijnyav-posla-kitayu-v-ukrayini-fan-syanzhuna-u-zvyazku-iz-zavershennyam-jogo-diplomatichnoyi-misiyi}}
References
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Category:Politicians from Chongqing
Category:Beijing Foreign Studies University alumni
Category:Diplomats of the People's Republic of China
Category:Ambassadors of China to Tajikistan