Nong Rong | |||||||
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农融 | |||||||
| Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan | |||||||
| In office September 2020 – February 2023 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Yao Jing | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Jiang Zaidong | ||||||
| Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs | |||||||
| In office February 2023 – 23 February 2024 | |||||||
| Minister | Qin Gang | ||||||
| Preceded by | Wu Jianghao | ||||||
| Personal details | |||||||
| Born | September 1967 (age 58) Mashan County,Guangxi, China | ||||||
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Alma mater | Peking University | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 農融 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 农融 | ||||||
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Nong Rong (Chinese:农融; born September 1967) is a Chinese politician and diplomat ofZhuang ethnicity, now serving as the Vice Director ofHong Kong And Macao Affairs Office , previously he was serving asAssistant Minister of Foreign Affairs,Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan.
He was a delegate to the13th National People's Congress.
Nong was born inMashan County,Guangxi, in September 1967.
He joined theChinese Communist Party in January 1987, and began his political career in July 1991. After graduating fromPeking University 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 toGuigang 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 theChinese Ambassador to Pakistan, replacingYao Jing.[1] In 2021 during a visit to the Pakistani city ofQuetta, located in the province ofBalochistan near the Afghan border, the Ambassador's hotel was subject to a car bomb attack. ThePakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.[2]
In February 2023, he was appointedAssistant Minister of Foreign Affairs by theState Council.[3]
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| Preceded by | Mayor ofGuigang 2015–2019 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by He Chaojian | Director of the Ethnic and Religious Affairs Commission of Guangxi 2020 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan 2020–2023 | Succeeded by |