Wang Guangya
Wang Guangya is a Chinese diplomat who is the former Director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the State Council of the [People's Republic of China]. A career diplomat, Wang was previously Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs. He served as Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations from 2003 to 2008.
Background
Education
Wang studied at Student Center of British Council, at the United World College of the Atlantic in Wales, and at the London School of Economics in England. He is a graduate from the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland, United States, in 1982.Family
Wang is married to Chen Yi's daughter Cong Jun and has a son.Career
Wang was appointed Permanent Representative to the United Nations on 25 August 2003. He was President of the United Nations Security Council for the month of February 2004. On 3 May 2006, when Britain and France introduced a UN Security Council resolution insisting Iran end its nuclear program, Wang commented, "I don't think this draft as it stands now will produce good results. I think it's tougher than expected."According to a September 2006 profile of Wang in The [New York Times Magazine], he was considered the top contender for the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs in Beijing in 2007.
In October 2010 he became the second post-handover director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office. There have only been two directors for the affairs office. Wang spends most of his time in Beijing. Though he did make a three-day visit to Hong Kong in 2011 to address the Home Ownership Scheme issue. His working style is very different compared to the previous director Liao Hui who kept silent from public and worked in mystery the 13 years he was in charge of Hong Kong.