Zhao Lijian
Zhao Lijian | |||||||
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赵立坚 | |||||||
Lijian on 3 June 2020 | |||||||
| Deputy Director of the Boundary and Ocean Affairs Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |||||||
| Assumed office 9 January 2023 | |||||||
| Director | Hong Liang | ||||||
| Deputy Director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |||||||
| In office August 2019 – 9 January 2023 | |||||||
| Director | Hua Chunying | ||||||
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| Born | 10 November 1972 Luannan County, Hebei, China | ||||||
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party (1996–present) | ||||||
| Alma mater | Changsha Railway College (UG) Korea Development Institute (MPP) | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 赵立坚 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 趙立堅 | ||||||
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Zhao Lijian (Chinese: 赵立坚; pinyin: Zhào Lìjiān; born 10 November 1972) is a Chinese civil servant who has been serving as deputy director of the Department of Boundary and Ocean Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China since January 2023.
He joined the foreign service in 1996. Zhao became notable for his outspoken use of Twitter when he served as an envoy-level attaché at the Embassy of China in Pakistan from 2015 to 2019. From 2019 and 2023, he served as deputy director of the Information Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the 31st spokesperson of the Ministry. He has been described as a prominent wolf warrior diplomat during his tenure. In January 2023, Zhao was removed from the office as one of the ministry's spokespeople and was appointed as deputy director of the Department of Boundary and Ocean Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.