Yao Jing
{{Short description|Chinese diplomat}}
{{Family name hatnote|Yao|lang=Chinese}}
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| caption = Yao Jing, celebrating Chinese New Year in València, 2025.
| office1 = Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan
| term_start1 = December 14, 2017
| term_end1 = September 2020
| predecessor1 = Sun Weidong
| successor1 = Nong Rong
| office2 = Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan
| term_start2 = October 2015
| term_end2 = October 2017
| predecessor2 = Deng Xijun
| successor2 = Liu Jingsong
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| name = Yao Jing
| native_name = 姚敬
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1969|04}}
| birth_place = Ningbo, China
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| party = Chinese Communist Party
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Yao Jing ({{zh|c=姚敬|p=Yáo Jìng}}; born April 1969) is a Chinese diplomat, serving as Chinese Ambassador to Spain and Andorra since 2023.{{Cite web |date=2023-09-25 |title=姚敬大使致辞 |url=http://es.china-embassy.gov.cn/chn/dsxx/dszc/202004/t20200414_3413967.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102162435/http://es.china-embassy.gov.cn/chn/dsxx/dszc/202004/t20200414_3413967.htm |archive-date=2023-01-02 |access-date=2023-09-26 |work=中华人民共和国驻西班牙王国大使馆 |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |last=China |first=Cátedra |date=2023-12-18 |title=Yao Jing: "China está dispuesta a ser un buen socio de España" |url=https://www.catedrachina.com/single-post/yao-jing-china-est%C3%A1-dispuesta-a-ser-un-buen-socio-de-espa%C3%B1a |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=catedrachina |language=es}} Previously he served as Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan between 2015 and 2017 and Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan between 2017 and 2020.{{cite news |title=Chinese envoy calls on Qureshi |url=https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/chinese-envoy-calls-on-qureshi/ar-BBU86Vn |access-date=31 March 2019 |work=msn.com |date=27 February 2019}}{{cite news |title=Chinese ambassador meets FM Shah Mehmood Qureshi |url=https://www.andazdaily.com/post/chinese-ambassador-meets-fm-shah-mehmood-qureshi-PAD-1129 |access-date=31 March 2019 |work=andazdaily.com |date=27 August 2018}}
Biography
Born in April 1969, Yao entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1991. He held various posts at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs until he was appointed Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan in October 2015.{{cite news|author=Yue, Huairang |url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1388472 |script-title=zh:中国驻阿富汗大使易人：姚敬接棒邓锡军 |work=thepaper.cn |date=24 October 2015|language=zh}} On October 11, 2017, President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani bestowed its "Said Dzemarudin Afghani" medal upon him for his efforts to promote China-Afghanistan bilateral relations.{{cite news|author=Yue, Huairang |url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1826010 |script-title=zh:姚敬即将卸任中国驻阿富汗大使，获阿总统授勋 |work=thepaper.cn |date=15 October 2017|language=zh}} On December 14, 2017, he was appointed and then approved by 12th Standing Committee of the National People's Congress as the Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan, replacing Sun Weidong.{{cite news|url=http://www.gov.cn/xinwen/2017-12/14/content_5247113.htm |script-title=zh:国家主席习近平任免驻外大使（2017年12月14日） |work=gov.cn |date=14 December 2017 |language=zh}}
In January 2021, he was appointed director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the People's Government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.{{Cite web |last=新疆日报 |title=自治区人大常委会任免名单---A02要闻--2021-01-20--新疆日报 |url=http://wap.xjdaily.com/xjrb/20210120/168566.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20211128194740/http://wap.xjdaily.com/xjrb/20210120/168566.html |archive-date=2021-11-28 |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=wap.xjdaily.com}}
References
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{{s-ttl|title=Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan|years=2015–2017}}
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{{s-ttl|title=Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan|years=2017–2020}}
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Category:Ambassadors of China to Afghanistan