Cui Tiankai

Born: October, 1952

Place of birth: Zhejiang

Education

Postgraduate at the Department of Foreign Languages, Shanghai Normal University (1978-79)

Postgraduate at Beijing Institute of Foreign Languages (1979-81)

Postgraduate at Johns Hopkins University (1986-87)

Career

Teacher at Shanghai Normal University (1977-78)

Interpreter, Chinese Secretariat, UN Headquarters (1981-84)

Worked at various positions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1984-2006)

Assistant minister of foreign affairs (2006-07)

China's ambassador to Japan (2007-09)

Vice-minister of foreign affairs (2009-13)

(China Daily 04/04/2013 page5)