Xie Feng

Xie Feng (, born April 1964) is a Chinese diplomat who has been serving as the 12th Ambassador of China to the United States since May 2023. He previously served as Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2021 to 2023, as Commissioner to Hong Kong from 2017 to 2021, and as Ambassador of China to Indonesia from 2014 to 2017.

Early life and education Xie was born in Jiangdu, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China, in 1964. He enrolled at China Foreign Affairs University in 1981 and graduated with a Bachelor of Laws in 1986.

Career Xie joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1986. His first prominent position was Director of the Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2010 to 2014. He served as Ambassador of China to Indonesia from 2014 to 2017 and as commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Hong Kong from 2017 to 2021.

In 2021, he was appointed Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of China, where he was responsible for specifically managing China's relationship with the United States. He served as a member of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference on 17 January 2023 from the Friendship with Foreign Countries Sector. He was removed from the office of vice minister of foreign affairs on 24 May 2023.

On 23 May 2023, he was appointed Ambassador of China to the United States. On 1 July 2023, Xie presented his credentials to United States president Joe Biden. 250px Xie Feng greets U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry upon his arrival in Beijing, on 13 April 2013. Xie was acting as China's Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for North America at the time.

On 20 April 2024, while speaking at the China Conference in Harvard Kennedy School, Xie's speech was disrupted by students belonging to organizations Students for a Free Tibet and Coalition of Students Resisting the CCP who shouted slogans condemning human rights violations in Tibet, Xinjiang and Hong Kong, and Chinese aggression against Taiwan.

Personal life Xie is married and has a son.