Fu Ying

Fu was born in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, in 1953. Her father was a student of Ai Siqi and she is of Mongol descent.

An ethnic Mongol, Fu Ying is the first woman, and the only ethnic minority woman, to serve as Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs since 1979, and one of only two to serve in Chinese history. Fu graduated from the Beijing Foreign Studies University.

In 1976, she became the official interpreter of the diplomatic service.

She led the Chinese Delegation during talks with North Korea that led to the latter country's decision (later reneged on) to abandon nuclear weapons.State Department [https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2003/19778.htm Daily Press Briefing April 21, 2003] From 2004 to 2007 she was the ambassador to Australia. She was the Chinese ambassador to the United Kingdom from March 2007 to 2009. In February 2010 she returned to China and was replaced by Liu Xiaoming. She was Vice Foreign Minister from January 2010-March 2013.

In October 2012, Fu visited Manila in an effort to persuade the Philippines to continue bilateral discussions to address the South China Sea territorial disputes and to avoid involving the United States or taking the dispute to an international forum.{{Rp|page=122}} The Philippines responded by initiating an arbitration against China.{{Rp|page=122}}

During her time as Vice Foreign Minister, Fu stated, "The Chinese Dream is also part of the dream of many in the developing world who now have a great opportunity to grow their economy."{{Cite book |last=Loh |first=Dylan M H |title=Chinese International Relations Theory as Emerging From Practice and Policy |date=2025 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-429-19769-7 |editor-last=Ping |editor-first=Jonathan H. |edition= |location=New York, NY |chapter=The Discursive and Affective Dimensions of the 'China Dream' |editor-last2=Hayes |editor-first2=Anna |editor-last3=McCormick |editor-first3=Brett}}{{Rp|page=85}}

In 2013, Fu became the chairperson of the National People's Congress Foreign Affairs Committee.{{Cite book |last=Loh |first=Dylan M.H. |title=China's Rising Foreign Ministry: Practices and Representations of Assertive Diplomacy |publisher=Stanford University Press |year=2024 |isbn=9781503638204}}{{Rp|page=82}}

On August 8, 2016, the Philippines dispatched former president Fidel V. Ramos to Hong Kong to mitigate tensions following the result of the South China Sea Arbitration.{{Cite book |last=Wang |first=Frances Yaping |title=The Art of State Persuasion: China's Strategic Use of Media in Interstate Disputes |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2024 |isbn=9780197757512}}{{Rp|page=129}} Fu met with Ramos and Wu Shicun (president of the National Institute for South China Sea Studies).{{Rp|page=129}} Ramos conveyed the Philippines' willingness to engage in formal discussions with China and the three issued a statement in their personal capacities emphasizing cooperation and dialogue between the two countries.{{Rp|page=129}}

She graduated from the Beijing Foreign Studies University. In 1985, she received an MA in International Relations at the University of Kent. She also was given an honorary Doctorate of Civil Law in 2008 by the University of Kent.

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• 1978–1982 Attaché, Embassy in Romania
• 1982–1985 Attaché, Department of Translation and Interpretation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• 1985–1986 University of Kent[http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/867f123c-0c78-11df-a941-00144feabdc0.html Lunch with the FT: Madam Fu Ying], Financial Times, January 29, 2010
• 1986–1990 Third Secretary, Second Secretary and Deputy Director, the Department of Translation and Interpretation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• 1990–1992 Deputy Director and First Secretary, the Department of Asian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• 1992–1993 Staff Member, United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia
• 1993–1997 First Secretary, Director and Counsellor, Department of Asian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• 1997–1998 Minister Counsellor, Embassy in Indonesia
• 1998–2000 Ambassador to the Philippines
• 2000–2003 Director-General, Department of Asian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• 2003–2007 Ambassador to Australia
• Mar 2007–2010 Ambassador to the United Kingdom
• 2009–2013 Vice Foreign Minister of PRC
• 2013–2017 Chairperson of the Foreign Affairs Committee of China's 12th National People's Congress
• 2017–2019 Vice Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of China's 13th National People's Congress
• 2019 Honorary Dean of Institute of International Relations and Chairman of Center for International Strategy and Security of Tsinghua University{{cite web |url=http://english.boaoforum.org/2019jb1/43764.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502103018/http://english.boaoforum.org/2019jb1/43764.jhtml |archive-date=May 2, 2019 |title=FU Ying-Speakers-Boao Forum for Asia}}

A 2019 Report by the Hoover Institution of Stanford University stated that Fu Ying is the "senior figure in a growing number of US–China interactions," especially with U.S. think tanks.{{Cite web |url=https://www.hoover.org/sites/default/files/research/docs/00_diamond-schell-chinas-influence-and-american-interests.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=July 3, 2019 |archive-date=June 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616132337/https://www.hoover.org/sites/default/files/research/docs/00_diamond-schell-chinas-influence-and-american-interests.pdf |url-status=dead }}

Fu Ying tries to adhere to elements of traditional Inner Mongolian culture in her personal life. She drinks suutei tsai ({{lang|zh|奶茶}}, Hohhot-style milk tea) on the weekends, listens to the traditional Mongol long song, and eats Inner Mongolian food.{{cite news|url=http://history.people.com.cn/n/2013/0308/c198307-20722141.html|script-title=zh:傅莹：从电影放映员到外交官|trans-title=Fu Ying: From Film Projectionist to Diplomat|editor1-last=Dong|editor1-first=Qianchao|editor2-first=Jing|editor2-last=Xiao|date=2013-03-08|accessdate=2013-03-10|language=Chinese|publisher=People's Daily Online}} She has one daughter by her husband, ethnologist Hao Shiyuan ({{lang|zh|郝时远}}).{{cite web|url=http://www.womenofchina.cn/html/womenofchina/report/103284-1.htm|title=Fu Ying Appointed Vice-Foreign Minister|date=2010-01-05|accessdate=2013-03-10|work=chinanews.com.cn|publisher=All-China Women's Federation|editor=leiyang}}

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• [http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/No-signs-of-persecution-says-ambassador/2005/06/06/1117910243467.html Brief news article re: Chen Yonglin]
• [http://www.chinese-embassy.org.uk Chinese Embassy in the UK]
• [http://www.makers.com/china/fu-ying Fu Ying] Video produced by Makers: Women Who Make America

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