Nong Rong (; born September 1967) is a Chinese politician and diplomat of Zhuang ethnicity, now serving as the Vice Director of Hong Kong And Macao Affairs Office , previously he was serving as Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan. He was a delegate to the

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Biography

Nong was born in

Mashan County Mashan County (; Standard Zhuang: ) is a county of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Nanning, the capital of Guangxi. The northernmost county-level division of Nanning City, it b ...

Guangxi Guangxi,; officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China, located in South China and bordering Vietnam (Hà Giang Province, Hà Giang, Cao Bằn ...

, in September 1967. He joined the

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in January 1987, and began his political career in July 1991. After graduating from

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 ...

in 1991, he was assigned to the Guangxi Foreign Economic and Trade Commission, becoming director of the Cooperation Division in April 2002 and dean and director in January 2003. After working in the Department of Commerce of Guangxi Autonomous Region for a year, he was transferred to the Guangxi International Expo Affairs Bureau. In April 2013, he was vice-mayor and deputy party chief of Fangchenggang, he remained in that position until December 2015, when he was transferred to

Guigang Guigang (; Zhuang: ''Gveigangj'') is a prefecture-level city in eastern Guangxi in the People's Republic of China. Prior to 1988, it was known as Gui County or Guixian (). Geography and climate Guigang is located in eastern Guangxi. It is locate ...

and appointed vice-mayor and deputy party chief. In December 2019 he was promoted to become director of the Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee of Guangxi Autonomous Region, a position he held until September 2020, when he was appointed the Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan, replacing Yao Jing. In 2021 during a visit to the Pakistani city of

Quetta Quetta is the capital and largest city of the Pakistani province of Balochistan. It is the ninth largest city in Pakistan, with an estimated population of over 1.6 million in 2024. It is situated in the south-west of the country, lying in a ...

, located in the province of

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near the Afghan border, the Ambassador's hotel was subject to a car bomb attack. The

Pakistani Taliban The Pakistani Taliban, officially the Tehreek-i-Taliban-e-Pakistan (TTP), is an umbrella organization of various Islamist armed militant groups operating along the Afghan–Pakistani border. Formed in 2007 by Baitullah Mehsud, its current ...

claimed responsibility for the attack. In February 2023, he was appointed Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs by the State Council.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nong Rong 1967 births Living people Peking University alumni People's Republic of China politicians from Guangxi Chinese Communist Party politicians from Guangxi Ambassadors of China to Pakistan Delegates to the 13th National People's Congress Zhuang people Politicians from Nanning