Wang Yingfan

Wang Yingfan is a Chinese diplomat who served as Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations from 2000 to 2003. He was also the Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines from 1988 to 1990.

Biography

Wang Yingfan was born in the Inner-Mongolia Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China in April 1942. Wang graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University. He served as Chinese ambassador to the Philippines from 1988 to 1990. Wang served as Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations from 2000 to 2003. Wang was Vice-Chairman of the National People's Congress Foreign Affairs Committee from 2003 to 2008. Wang is married and has a daughter.
In 2012, he made a visit to the Philippines and attended a media forum organized by the Chinese embassy in Manila. He stated that there is no issue for the Philippines' acquirement of US weapons, however, he warned of US "meddling" in the region, particularly the South China Sea dispute.