Fu Cong
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| country = China
| party = Chinese Communist Party
| office = Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations
| term_start = 13 April 2024
| term_end =
| predecessor = Zhang Jun
| successor =
| president = Xi Jinping
| premier = Li Qiang
| office1 = Ambassador of China to the European Union
| image = Fu Cong (cropped) (2024).jpg
| caption = Fu in 2024
| native_name = {{nobold|{{lang-zh|c=傅聪|labels=no}}}}
| native_name_lang = Chinese
| predecessor1 = Zhang Ming
| successor1 = {{Ill|Cai Run|zh|蔡润}}
| term_start1 = 16 December 2022
| term_end1 = 25 March 2024
| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|June 1965}}
}}
Fu Cong ({{Zh|c=傅聪|p=Fù Cōng}}; born June 1965) is a Chinese seasoned diplomat who works in the foreign service of the People's Republic of China since 1987. He has been serving as China's Permanent Representative to the United Nations since April 2024.
He previously served as head of the Permanent Mission of China to the European Union from 2022 to 2024, as director general of the Arms Control Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2018 to 2022, and as Ambassador of China for Disarmament Affairs in Geneva from 2015 to 2019.
Career
In 1987, Fu began working for the Department of International Organizations and Conferences of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a staff member and attaché.{{Cite web |date=2018-03-15 |title=傅聪大使简历 |url=http://www.china-un.ch/chn/gywm/dbjl/t1241329.htm |access-date=2023-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315154147/http://www.china-un.ch/chn/gywm/dbjl/t1241329.htm |archive-date=2018-03-15 }} In 1991, he became an attaché to the Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations office in Geneva. In 1992, he returned to China to work once again as an attaché to the Department of International Organizations and Conferences of the MFA, being promoted to the positions of Third Secretary and Deputy Director. In 1996, Fu was made Second Secretary of the Permanent Mission of China to the UN Office in Vienna, returning to China in 1997 to become the Second Secretary of the Department of Arms Control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He remained in this department until 2004, achieving the positions of Division Director, Counselor, and Deputy Director over his tenure.
In 2004, Fu was appointed Deputy Director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the People's Government of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. In 2005, he returned to Europe to serve as Counselor to the Permanent Mission of China to the UN Offices in Geneva. Fu was promoted to Minister Counselor in 2007 before becoming an Advisor to the Director-General of the UN World Health Organization. He served in this role until 2013, when he once again returned to China to become the Cyber Affairs Coordinator for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Fu returned to Europe in 2015 to serve as the Chinese representative to the Conference on Disarmament and as the Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Offices in Geneva, positions which he held until 3 February 2019.{{Cite web |title=国家主席习近平任免驻外大使-新华网 |url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2019-02/03/c_1124083356.htm |access-date=2023-09-27 |website=www.xinhuanet.com}} While serving in these positions in Geneva, Fu was appointed Director-General of the Department of Arms Control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.{{Cite web |title=专访：赋予禁化武组织技秘处追责权充分暴露西方国家的短视——访中国外交部军控司司长傅聪_滚动新闻_中国政府网 |url=https://www.gov.cn/xinwen/2018-11/24/content_5343091.htm?_zbs_baidu_bk |access-date=2023-09-27 |website=www.gov.cn}} Fu held this position until his appointment as China's Ambassador to the European Union in December 2022.{{cite news |last1=Chik |first1=Holly |date=11 December 2022 |title=China fills year-old EU envoy void by naming new ambassador |publisher=South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3202888/china-fills-year-old-eu-envoy-void-naming-new-ambassador |url-status=live |access-date=9 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405135513/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3202888/china-fills-year-old-eu-envoy-void-naming-new-ambassador |archive-date=5 April 2023}} This position was left vacant for nearly one year prior to his appointment. File:Meeting with Fu Cong (01911411) (50289046133).jpg On 25 March 2024, he stepped down as Head of China's Permanent Mission to the European Union.{{cite web|title=Ambassador Fu Cong, Head of Chinese Mission to the EU, Hosts Farewell Reception|url=https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/wjb_663304/zwjg_665342/zwbd_665378/202404/t20240407_11277415.html|website=fmprc.gov.cn|access-date=8 April 2024}} On 13 April 2024, he was appointed as China's Permanent Representative to the United Nations.{{Cite news |last=Zuo |first=Mandy |date=13 April 2024 |title=China's EU ambassador Fu Cong to take over United Nations role |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3258912/chinas-eu-ambassador-fu-cong-take-over-united-nations-role?module=top_story&pgtype=subsection |access-date=13 April 2024 |work=South China Morning Post}}
References
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Category:Permanent representatives of People's Republic of China to the United Nations at Geneva
Category:Ambassadors of China to the European Union
Category:Heads of mission of the People's Republic of China to NATO
Category:Permanent representatives of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations