La Yifan
{{short description|Chinese diplomat}}
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| office1 = Director of the International Cooperation Bureau, Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
| term_start1 = September 2017
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| predecessor1 = Liu Jianchao
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| office2 = Chinese Ambassador to Ethiopia
| term_start2 = February 2015
| term_end2 = August 2017
| predecessor2 = Xie Xiaoyan
| successor2 = Tan Jian
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| name = La Yifan
| native_name = 腊翊凡
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1967}}
| birth_place = China
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| occupation = Diplomat
| party = Chinese Communist Party
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| alma_mater = China Foreign Affairs University
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{{Family name hatnote|La|lang=Chinese}}
La Yifan ({{zh|s=腊翊凡}}; born 1967) is a Chinese diplomat who served as Chinese Ambassador to Ethiopia between 2015 and 2017.{{cite news |title=Will China’s Belt and Road Initiative Benefit Ethiopia’s Economic Growth? |url=http://semonegna.com/chinese-ambassador-la-yifan-belt-road-initiative/ |access-date=26 March 2019 |work=semonegna.com |date=14 May 2017}}{{cite news |date=22 August 2017 |title= |script-title=zh:中国驻埃塞俄比亚大使腊翊凡即将离任，辞行拜会埃塞政要 |trans-title=La Yifan, Chinese ambassador to Ethiopia, is leaving office to pay a farewell visit to the country's top leaders |url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1770954 |work=The Paper |language=zh}}
Biography
Born in 1967, La graduated from the China Foreign Affairs University. After university, he was assigned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He served as the deputy director of the Department of Foreign Affairs Management, Ministry of Foreign Affairs before he took office of the Chinese Ambassador to Ethiopia in February 2015.{{cite news |title=Ethiopia designated as a priority, best destiny of China: Ambassador La Yifan |url=http://www.strathink.net/ethiopia/ethiopia-designated-as-a-priority-best-destiny-of-china-ambassador-la-yifan/ |access-date=26 March 2019 |work=strathink.net |date=2 April 2015}}{{cite news |date=19 March 2015 |title= |script-title=zh:国家主席习近平任免驻外大使 |trans-title=President Xi Jinping appoints and removes ambassadors abroad |url=http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2015/0319/c70731-26721050.html |work=People's Daily |language=zh}} In addition, he was dispatched to work in the Chinese Representative Office in the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific and on the Permanent Mission to the United Nations Office in Geneva.{{cite news |title=Statement by Mr. LA Yifan, Alternate Representative of the Chinese Delegation on Combating Racism (Item 6) at the 57th Session of Commission on Human Rights |url=http://pg.china-embassy.org/eng/zt/rqwt/t46944.htm |access-date=26 March 2019 |work=china-embassy.org |date=25 November 2003}} In September 2017, he was appointed director of the International Cooperation Bureau, Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, replacing Liu Jianchao.{{cite news |author=Peking University |date=30 September 2017 |title= |script-title=zh:李书磊调研北师大，中纪委国际合作局局长腊翊凡等陪同 |url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1812744 |work=The Paper |language=zh}}{{cite news |date=30 September 2017 |title= |script-title=zh:接棒刘建超 资深外交官腊翊凡任中央纪委国际合作局局长 |url=http://china.caixin.com/2017-09-30/101152863.html |work=Caixin |language=zh}}
References
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