Chen Jian (born 2 February 1942) is a Chinese diplomat. He was the

Under-Secretary-General An under-secretary-general of the United Nations (USG) is a senior official within the United Nations System, normally appointed by the General Assembly on the recommendation of the secretary-general for a renewable term of four years. Under-s ...

for General Assembly and Conference Management of

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from 2001 to 2007.

Early years

Chen was born in

Suzhou Suzhou is a major prefecture-level city in southern Jiangsu province, China. As part of the Yangtze Delta megalopolis, it is a major economic center and focal point of trade and commerce. Founded in 514 BC, Suzhou rapidly grew in size by the ...

in 1942. He graduated from Shanghai Sanlin High School and went to

Fudan University Fudan University (FDU) is a public university, national public university in Yangpu, Shanghai, Yangpu, Shanghai, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education (China), Ministry of Education and is co-funded with the Shanghai Municipal ...

. He then received his bachelor's degree in English from Fudan in 1964. He furthered her English Translation Study in

Beijing Foreign Studies University Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU; ) is a public university in Haidian, Beijing, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education. The university is part of Project 211 and the Double First-Class Construction. The Internation ...

from 1964 to 1966.

Diplomat career

From 1966 to 1972, Chen worked as Staff member of the Department of International Organizations and Conferences of the

Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China is the first-ranked Ministries of the People's Republic of China, executive department of the State Council of China, responsible for the country's Foreign relations of China, f ...

(MFA). 1972, he became attaché of the Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the

until 1977. He was the first groups of diplomats represent PRC after United Nation recognizing PRC as "the only legitimate representative of China to the United Nations. Chen went back to China and continue working in the Department of International Organizations and Conferences. After three-year work in China, Chen went back to United Nation and served as Third Secretary, Second Secretary and then First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of the PRC to the United Nations. In 1984, Chen was appointed as Assistant of the executive director of

International Monetary Fund The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution funded by 191 member countries, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It is regarded as the global lender of las ...

. Chen was promoted as Division Chief, Counselor and then Deputy Director General of the Department of International Organizations and Conferences from 1985 to 1992. He was appointed as Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of the PRC to the United Nations from 1992 to 1994. He served Director General of the Information Department and spokesman of the MFA from 1994 t o1996, and Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1996 to 1998. April 1998, Chen appointed as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the PRC to Japan. On 21 August 2001, Secretary-General

Kofi Annan Kofi Atta Annan (8 April 193818 August 2018) was a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh secretary-general of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006. Annan and the UN were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize. He was the founder a ...

appointed Chen as Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly Affairs and Conference Services. From 2007 to 2012, Chen was the president of UN Association of China. He is currently the President of International Relation College of China Renmin University.

References

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