Nong Rong
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| office2 = Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs
| term_start2 = February 2023
| term_end2 = 23 February 2024
| minister2 = Qin Gang
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Nong Rong ({{zh|s=农融}}; born September 1967) is a Chinese politician and diplomat of Zhuang ethnicity, now serving as the Vice Director of Hong Kong And Macao Affairs Office , previously he was serving as Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan.
He was a delegate to the 13th National People's Congress.
Biography
Nong was born in Mashan County, Guangxi, in September 1967.
He joined the Chinese Communist Party in January 1987, and began his political career in July 1991. After graduating from Peking University in 1991, he was assigned to the Guangxi Foreign Economic and Trade Commission, becoming director of the Cooperation Division in April 2002 and dean and director in January 2003. After working in the Department of Commerce of Guangxi Autonomous Region for a year, he was transferred to the Guangxi International Expo Affairs Bureau. In April 2013, he was vice-mayor and deputy party chief of Fangchenggang, he remained in that position until December 2015, when he was transferred to Guigang and appointed vice-mayor and deputy party chief. In December 2019 he was promoted to become director of the Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee of Guangxi Autonomous Region, a position he held until September 2020, when he was appointed the Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan, replacing Yao Jing.{{cite news|url=http://district.ce.cn/newarea/sddy/202009/11/t20200911_35726055.shtml |script-title=zh:农融出任中国驻巴基斯坦新任大使 |work=ce.cn |date=11 September 2020 |access-date=14 September 2020 |language=zh}} In 2021 during a visit to the Pakistani city of Quetta, located in the province of Balochistan near the Afghan border, the Ambassador's hotel was subject to a car bomb attack. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.{{Cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/21/asia/pakistan-bomb-blast-chinese-ambassador-intl-hnk/index.html|title = Four killed in car bombing outside Pakistan hotel where Chinese ambassador was reportedly staying| date=22 April 2021 }}
In February 2023, he was appointed Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs by the State Council.{{cite news|author1=Zhuang Yu ({{lang|zh|庄彧}}) |url=http://district.ce.cn/newarea/sddy/202302/07/t20230207_38380756.shtml |script-title=zh:农融任外交部部长助理 此前担任中国驻巴基斯坦大使 |work=ce.cn |date=7 February 2023 |access-date=11 February 2023 |language=zh}}
References
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{{s-ttl|title=Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan|years=2020–2023}}
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Category:Peking University alumni
Category:People's Republic of China politicians from Guangxi
Category:Chinese Communist Party politicians from Guangxi
Category:Ambassadors of China to Pakistan