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Ma Zhaoxu

Chinese diplomat (born 1963)

Field	Value
name	Ma Zhaoxu
native_name	马朝旭
native_name_lang	zh-Hans
image	Ma Zhaoxu, People’s Republic of China Executive Vice Foreign Minister at the Department of State in Washington, D.C. on May 30, 2024 (cropped).jpg
smallimage
caption	Ma in 2024
office	Executive Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
term_start	13 January 2023
minister	Qin Gang
Wang Yi
predecessor	Le Yucheng
office1	Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
term_start1	15 July 2019
minister1	Wang Yi (1st term)
Qin Gang
Wang Yi (2nd term)
alongside1	Deng Li, Xie Feng, Sun Weidong, Hua Chunying
office2	Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations
term_start2	25 January 2018
term_end2	10 July 2019
predecessor2	Liu Jieyi
successor2	Zhang Jun
office3	Permanent Representative of China to United Nations Office in Geneva
term_start3	6 April 2016
term_end3	6 January 2018
predecessor3	Wu Hailong
successor3	Yu Jianhua
office4	Chinese Ambassador to Australia
term_start4	23 August 2013
term_end4	27 March 2016
predecessor4	Chen Yuming
successor4	Cheng Jingye
<!--Personal Information--->	birth_date
birth_place	Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
residence	Beijing
alma_mater	Peking University
London School of Economics and Political Science
party	Chinese Communist Party
occupation	Politician, diplomat
spouse
children	1

| honorific-prefix = Wang Yi Qin Gang Wang Yi (2nd term) London School of Economics and Political Science

Ma Zhaoxu (also spelled as Ma Chao-hsü; ; born 1 September 1963) is a Chinese diplomat, currently serving as the Executive Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs with the Minister rank since January 2023.

He previously served as the ambassador of China to Australia, as the spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China (PRC), and as the director-general of its Information Department. He also served as the Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations (UN) in New York City from January 2018 to July 2019.

Early life

Ma Zhaoxu was born in Harbin, Heilongjiang province in September 1963. He graduated from Peking University with a degree in international relations. In 1986, he participated in the inaugural Asian college students debating competition organized by the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) and won the "best debater" award, becoming well known to PRC college students at the time.

Career

Ma joined the Foreign Affairs Ministry in 1987 and served in various departments and embassies, including counselor at the PRC embassy in the United Kingdom from 2001 to 2002 and counselor at the PRC embassy in Belgium from 2002 to 2004. He was appointed deputy director of the Policy Planning Department in 2004 and director in 2006. In January 2009, he replaced Liu Jianchao as the director-general of the Information Department as well as the head spokesperson of the ministry.

In April 2010, as spokesman of the Foreign Affairs Ministry, Ma stated that “there are no dissidents in China”, while China responds disapprovingly to the Nobel prize having been awarded to incarcerated Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo.

On 6 April 2016, he was appointed as the Permanent Representative of the China to the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) and other International Organizations.

In 2018, Ma succeeded Liu Jieyi as China's Permanent Representative to the UN in New York.

Ma was recalled back to China and appointed Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs on July 15, 2019. As vice minister, he is responsible for managing international organizations and conferences, international economy and arms control affairs.

On 13 January 2023, Ma was appointed to the role of Executive Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs taking charge of all daily working affairs. This position is equivalent to a ministerial-level rank.

Personal life

Ma is married with one daughter and two grandchildren. His daughter attended Beijing Jingshan School, graduated from Carnegie Mellon University and George Washington University.

References

(2019-07-10). sina. link
link. [[China.org.cn]]. (2009-01-15)
(2009-01-16). "Debater becomes spokesman for Foreign Ministry". [[China Daily]].
link. [[Xinhua News Agency. Xinhua]]. (2009-01-15)
link. [[People's Daily]]. (2009-01-15)
(2009-01-16). "New head of information department in China's Foreign Ministry". [[People's Daily]].
(14 October 2010). "马朝旭：给刘晓波颁奖是鼓励中国境内犯罪". BBC.
"Ambassador Ma Zhaoxu Presented Credentials".
Hong Xiao. (1 February 2018). "New UN envoy talks of key China role". China Daily.
(2019-07-15). sina. link
"马朝旭任外交部分管日常业务工作的副部长明确为正部长级". Economic Daily.

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