Lin Jian
Lin Jian | |||||||
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林剑 | |||||||
Lin in March 2024 | |||||||
| Deputy Director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |||||||
| Assumed office 18 March 2024 | |||||||
| Director | Hua Chunying Mao Ning | ||||||
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| Born | May 1977 (age 48) Wuhan, Hubei, China | ||||||
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Alma mater | Beijing Foreign Studies University (BA) | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 林剑 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 林劍 | ||||||
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Lin Jian (林剑; born May 1977) is a Chinese diplomat who has been serving as the 34th spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China and deputy director-general of the Department of Press, Communication, and Public Diplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China since March 2024. Lin has been working for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1999 to 2020 and was dispatched to serve as party secretary and director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps from 2020 to 2024.