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Liu Zhenmin (; born August 1955) is a Chinese diplomat who was named as the country's special envoy for climate change on 12 January 2024. Previously he had served as the Under-Secretary-General for the
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) is part of the United Nations Secretariat and is responsible for the follow-up to major United Nations Summits and Conferences, as well as services to the United Nations Econ ...
(DESA) from 2017 to 2022. He was appointed to that position effective on 26 July 2017. Prior to that he had served as Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of China after a thirty-year career in the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China 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 ...
. While at DESA, Liu promoted China's
Belt and Road Initiative The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI or B&R), known in China as the One Belt One Road and sometimes referred to as the New Silk Road, is a global infrastructure development strategy adopted by the government of China in 2013 to invest in more t ...
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Education and early career

Liu holds a Master of Laws from the Law School of
Peking University Peking University (PKU) is a Public university, public Types of universities and colleges in China#By designated academic emphasis, university in Haidian, Beijing, China. It is affiliated with and funded by the Ministry of Education of the Peop ...
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Selected bibliography

* Liu Zhenmin (24 April 2018)
Time for a Global Financial Makeover
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References


External links

* https://www.un.org/development/desa/statements/usg-liu.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Liu, Zhenmin 1955 births Living people Chinese diplomats Under-Secretaries-General of the United Nations Vice-ministers of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China Peking University alumni Chinese officials of the United Nations Chinese Communist Party politicians from Shanxi