H.E. Mr. Hu Dingyi, born in December 1921; Native of Chongqing Municipality of China; University Graduate.

1948-1950 Staff Member, Foreign Affairs Office of Beijing and then Foreign Affairs Office of Nanijing

1950-1954 Staff Member of the Translation and Interpretation Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs(MFA) and then Third Secretary, Embassy of the People's Republic of China to India

1954-1958 Third Secretary and then Second Secretary, Office of Charges D'affaires of the People's Republic of China in the United Kingdom

1958-1960 Section Chief, the Department of Western European Affairs, MFA

1960-1966 Second Secretary and then First Secretary, Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Ghana

1966-1972 Director, the Department of African Affairs, MFA

1972-1979 First Secretary and then Counellor, Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the UK

1979-1983 Consul General, the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in San Francisco, USA

1983-1985 Minister Counsellor, the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the United States of America

1985-1987 Ambassador to the Court of St. James

Married with one son and one daughter.