Ma Zhaoxu

Ma Zhaoxu
马朝旭
Ma in 2024
Executive Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
Assumed office
13 January 2023
MinisterQin Gang
Wang Yi
Preceded byLe Yucheng
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
Assumed office
15 July 2019
MinisterWang Yi (1st term)
Qin Gang
Wang Yi (2nd term)
Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations
In office
25 January 2018  10 July 2019
Preceded byLiu Jieyi
Succeeded byZhang Jun
Permanent Representative of China to United Nations Office in Geneva
In office
6 April 2016  6 January 2018
Preceded byWu Hailong
Succeeded byYu Jianhua
Chinese Ambassador to Australia
In office
23 August 2013  27 March 2016
Preceded byChen Yuming
Succeeded byCheng Jingye
Personal details
Born (1963-09-01) 1 September 1963
Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Children1
ResidenceBeijing
Alma materPeking University
London School of Economics and Political Science
OccupationPolitician, diplomat

Ma Zhaoxu (also spelled as Ma Chao-hsü; Chinese: 马朝旭; pinyin: Mǎ Zhāoxù; born 1 September 1963) is a Chinese diplomat, currently serving as the Executive Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs with the Minister rank since January 2023.

He previously served as the ambassador of China to Australia, as the spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China (PRC), and as the director-general of its Information Department. He also served as the Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations (UN) in New York City from January 2018 to July 2019.