18 Facts About Dai Bingguo

Dai Bingguo is a Chinese politician and professional diplomat.

Between 1989 and 1991 Dai Bingguo served as the Chinese ambassador to Hungary.

Dai Bingguo then served in a succession of roles in the Department of Foreign Affairs.

Dai Bingguo served as a State Councilor, director of the general office of Central Foreign Affairs Commission of CCP Central Committee, an office that acts as the primary foreign affairs organ of the Chinese Communist Party, and director of the general office of the National Security Leadership Group of the CCP Central Committee, in which he serves in the capacity as a national security advisor to the CCP General Secretary.

Dai Bingguo was born in a village located in Yinjiang County, Guizhou Province.

Dai Bingguo graduated from the Department of foreign languages of Sichuan University, majoring in Russian, and later studied at the China Foreign Affairs University.

Dai Bingguo joined the Chinese Communist Party in June 1973.

Dai Bingguo served as the Chinese Ambassador to Hungary from 1989 to 1991.

Dai Bingguo had previously served in the Foreign Ministry of the PRC for many years.

Dai Bingguo was elevated to Vice Foreign Minister in December 1993.

In June 1995, Dai Bingguo was transferred from the "foreign affairs system" of the State Council to the "international liaison system" of the Central Committee of the CCP and became Vice Director of the International Department of the Central Committee of the CCP.

In May 2003, Dai Bingguo returned to the Foreign Ministry and served as Vice Minister until April 2008, being responsible for handling the North Korean nuclear crisis.

On July 8,2009, Dai Bingguo replaced Chinese President Hu Jintao at the G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy after Hu had to leave the summit because of July 2009 Urumqi riots involving Uyghurs and Han-Chinese.

Dai Bingguo was appointed by Chinese leader Hu Jintao as his special representative to chair the Strategic Track of the US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue for the Chinese side in 2009.

On October 7,2012, Dai Bingguo met with Hsieh Chang-ting, the former Premier of the Republic of China, who was visiting mainland China in his private capacity, in Beijing.

In March 2013, Dai Bingguo retired as a State Councillor at the end of his term and retired from politics in China.

Dai Bingguo became chairman of Jinan University in November 2013, and he stepped down as chairman in November 2019.

In September 2019, Dai Bingguo represented Chinese President Xi Jinping to attend memorial ceremonies held by the French government in Paris for late President Jacques Chirac.