Hua Chunying

Hua Chunying
华春莹
Hua in January 2019
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 May 2024 Serving with Deng Li, Ma Zhaoxu, Sun Weidong
Minister	Wang Yi
Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 25 October 2021 – 27 May 2024
Minister	Wang Yi Qin Gang
Preceded by	Deng Li
Director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 July 2019
Deputy	Wang Wenbin, Mao Ning, Hu Jian, Lin Jian, Jiang Xiaoyan
Preceded by	Lu Kang
Deputy Director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
In office August 2012 – July 2019
Director	Qin Gang Liu Jianchao Lu Kang
Preceded by	Hong Lei
Succeeded by	Yu Dunhai
Personal details
Born	(1970-04-24) April 24, 1970 (age 54) Huaiyin, Jiangsu, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party (1993–present)
Parent(s)	Qian Yong (father) Hua Jie (mother)
Relatives	Qian Chunmin (sister)
Alma mater	Nanjing University (BA)
Occupation	Diplomat
Signature
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	华春莹
Traditional Chinese	華春瑩
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Huà Chūnyíng

Hua Chunying (Chinese: 华春莹; born 24 April 1970) is a Chinese diplomat who has been serving as Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of China since 2024 and spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 2012.

After graduating from Nanjing University with a major in English language and literature in 1992, Hua joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a section member. She served as staff member, attaché, and third secretary in the Ministry's Department of Western Europe and the China Embassy in Singapore from 1992 to 2003. She served as second secretary, first secretary, and then counselor in the Mission of China to the European Union from 2003 to 2010. Hua then served as counselor at the Department of European Affairs from 2010 to 2012, deputy director of information from 2012 to 2019, and director of information from 2019 to 2021. She was appointed as the Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2021 to 2024.