Deng Hongbo

Deng Hongbo graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University and entered the foreign ministry in 1987. His early assignments covered treaty law, protocol, and Vietnam before he specialized in North American and Oceanian affairs. From 1999 to 2005 he served in Washington, first as first secretary and then as counselor. ¹

He subsequently became ambassador to Kenya and China’s representative to the UN Environment Programme and UN-Habitat. Deng returned to Washington as deputy chief of mission and minister in October 2010. As chargé d’affaires in July 2012, he represented the embassy at its Army Day reception, which brought together U.S. defense officials, military representatives, and foreign diplomats. ^{1, 2}