Deng Xijun
Deng Xijun is a Chinese diplomat, serving as the. Previously he served as Ambassador of China to Afghanistan between 2013 and 2015 and Ambassador of China to ASEAN between 2020 and 2022.
Biography
Deng graduated from the Department of Foreign Languages of Fudan University. In 1983, he entered the China [Foreign Affairs University] to study diplomacy. In October 1985, Deng began his diplomatic career as staff member and then attaché at the embassy of China in Myanmar. In 1988, he served as attaché in the Department of [Asian Affairs] of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, later becoming third secretary. In 1992, he was assigned to the embassy of China in the Philippines as third secretary and later second secretary.In 1995, he became second secretary in the Department of Asian Affairs, subsequently being promoted to deputy division director. In 1997, he transferred to the embassy of China in Malaysia as second and then first secretary. In 1999, he became first secretary at the embassy of China in Singapore. In 2001, he was first secretary at the.
In 2002, he served as political counselor at the Embassy of China in Afghanistan. In 2004, Deng studied at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University. In 2005, he became counselor at the Department of Asian Affairs, and in 2006, political counselor at the embassy of China in the Philippines.
In 2009, he was appointed deputy director of the Foreign Affairs Office of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province. In 2011, he served as minister-counselor at the embassy of China in India.
In September 2013, Deng was appointed Ambassador of China to Afghanistan.
In early October 2015, Deng stepped down as Ambassador to Afghanistan and returned to China. Earlier, in September 2015, he was appointed.
In January 2020, Deng was appointed Ambassador of China to ASEAN. He left the post in November 2022. In December 2022, he was appointed.
On February 2023, he meet with the Myanmar ethnic armed organization representatives including UWSA, AA and KIA, in Shan State.