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31 Notable alumni of Beijing Foreign Studies University

Updated: June 05, 2026 EliteDegrees

Beijing Foreign Studies University is ranked #2,168 in the world and #161 in China by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 31 notable alumni from Beijing Foreign Studies University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Beijing Foreign Studies University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

Zhu Bangzao

1. Zhu Bangzao

1952-. (aged 74)
diplomat
Zhu Bangzao is a retired Chinese diplomat who served as Ambassador: to Tunisia and the State of Palestine (2002–03), Switzerland (2004–08), and Andorra and Spain (2009–14).
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Yang Fenglan

2. Yang Fenglan

1949-. (aged 77)
businessperson
Yang Fenglan is a Chinese businesswoman who has been convicted of smuggling ivory. She was formerly based in Tanzania and is nicknamed by the media as the "Ivory Queen".
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Luo Linquan

3. Luo Linquan

1956-. (aged 70)
diplomat
Luo Linquan is the current Consul General of the People's Republic of China in San Francisco USA. He entered this position in December 2014. Previously, Luo served as the People's Republic of China Ambassador to Ireland from 2011 to 2013 and People's Republic of China Ambassador to Greece from 2007 to 2011. Prior to his two ambassadorships, he worked in...
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Sun Yuxi

4. Sun Yuxi

1951-. (aged 75)
diplomat
Sun Yuxi is a Chinese diplomat. He was Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Afghanistan (2002–2005), India (2005–2007), Italy (2008–2010) and Poland (2010–2012). He was spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China and deputy director of its information department.
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Colin Mackerras

5. Colin Mackerras

1939-. (aged 87)
sinologist
Colin Patrick Mackerras AO FAHA is an Australian sinologist, Emeritus Professor at Griffith University, and specialist in Chinese culture. He has published on Chinese drama, national minorities of China, Australian-Chinese relations, and images of China in the West.
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Mei Xu

6. Mei Xu

businessperson
Mei Xu is a Chinese-American businesswoman who founded Pacific Trade International and its subsidiary, Chesapeake Bay Candle. Xu stepped down in November 2018 as CEO of Chesapeake Bay Candle. She is the CEO of Mei Xu & Co. LLC and its online platform, YesSheMay.com, a community and marketplace for women entrepreneurs.
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Zhang Deguang

7. Zhang Deguang

1941-. (aged 85)
diplomat politician
Zhang Deguang was Executive Secretary of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation from 2004 to 2006.
Fan Xianrong

8. Fan Xianrong

1963-. (aged 63)
diplomat
Fan Xianrong is a Chinese diplomat who served as the Chinese Ambassador to Ukraine from March 2020 to November 2024. He served as Chinese Ambassador to Tajikistan from 2010 to 2015.
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Shi Mingde

9. Shi Mingde

1954-. (aged 72)
diplomat
Shi Mingde is a Chinese diplomat who served as Chinese Ambassadors to Austria from 2010 to 2012 and Chinese Ambassadors to Germany from 2012 to 2019.
Wu Jianmin

10. Wu Jianmin

1939-2016 (aged 77)
diplomat
Wu Jianmin was a prominent Chinese diplomat. He worked as the spokesman of Chinese Foreign Ministry, ambassador of China to the Netherlands, Permanent Mission to the United Nations Office at Geneva and other International Organizations in Switzerland, and France, and the president of the Bureau International des Expositions.
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Andy Greenberg

11. Andy Greenberg

2000-2004 (aged 4)
journalist writer
Andy Greenberg is a technology journalist serving as a senior writer at Wired magazine. He previously worked as a staff writer at Forbes magazine and as a contributor for Forbes.com. He has published the books This Machine Kills Secrets concerning whistleblowing, Sandworm, concerning the eponymous hacking group, and Tracers in the Dark, concerning cryptocurrency tracing as a law enforcement investigative...
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Wu Dawei

12. Wu Dawei

1946-. (aged 80)
diplomat
Wu Dawei was the previous special representative for Korean Peninsula Affairs and former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China.
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Yu-chien Kuan

13. Yu-chien Kuan

1931-2018 (aged 87)
university teacher writer autobiographer translator Chinese–German translator
Yu-chien Kuan or Guan Yuqian was a Chinese-born German sinologist, writer and translator. The son of a high-ranking Chinese Communist Party official, he was denounced as a "rightist" and persecuted during the Anti-Rightist Campaign and the Cultural Revolution. This drove him to escape from China using a Japanese passport stolen from his workplace. He landed in Egypt and spent a...
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Li Baodong

14. Li Baodong

1955-. (aged 71)
diplomat
Li Baodong is a Chinese diplomat who served as the Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations from 2010 to 2013. He was later succeeded by Liu Jieyi.
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Jiang Enzhu

15. Jiang Enzhu

1938-. (aged 88)
diplomat politician
Jiang Enzhu is a Chinese retired diplomat and politician. Jiang was a member of the 15th CPC Central Committee, he served as Chinese ambassador to the United Kingdom, as president of the Xinhua News Agency, as director of the Hong Kong Liaison Office.
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Li Zhaoxing

16. Li Zhaoxing

1940-. (aged 86)
diplomat politician
Li Zhaoxing is a Chinese diplomat and politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of China from 2003 to 2007. He previously served as Ambassador of China to the United States from 1998 to 2001, Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations from 1993 to 1995, and deputy director and director of information department at Ministry of Foreign...
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Jin Liqun

17. Jin Liqun

1949-. (aged 77)
politician banker
Jin Liqun is a Chinese banker who was served as the founding president of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank from 2016 to 2026. Previously, he served as secretary general of the AIIB Interim Multilateral Secretariat from 2014 to 2016, as chairman of China International Capital Corporation from 2013 to 2014, as chairman of the supervisory board of China Investment Corporation...
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Liu Jianchao

18. Liu Jianchao

1964-. (aged 62)
diplomat politician
Liu Jianchao is a Chinese diplomat and politician who served as the head of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party from 2022 to 2025.
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Liu Jieyi

19. Liu Jieyi

1957-. (aged 69)
diplomat translator
Liu Jieyi is a Chinese diplomat and politician. From March 2018 to December 2022, he was director of the Taiwan Affairs Office. From 2013 to September 2017, he was China's Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) in New York City.
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Zhang Yesui

20. Zhang Yesui

1953-. (aged 73)
diplomat politician
Zhang Yesui is a Chinese diplomat who served as the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary for the People's Republic of China. He was formerly the Chinese Ambassador to the United States. He has previously served as Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations in New York City.
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Lin Jian

21. Lin Jian

1977-. (aged 49)
diplomat politician
Lin Jian is a Chinese diplomat who has been serving as the 34th spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China and deputy director-general of the Department of Press, Communication, and Public Diplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China since March 2024. Lin has been working for the Ministry...
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He Jiong

22. He Jiong

1974-. (aged 52)
actor television actor school teacher voice actor film director
He Jiong is a Chinese television host, singer, actor, director and a former Arabic lecturer at Beijing Foreign Studies University. He is best known for co-hosting the Hunan TV variety show Happy Camp (1997–2021). He ranked 70th on the Forbes China Celebrity 100 list in 2005, 19th in 2006, 35th in 2007, 49th in 2008, 49 in 2009, 82nd in...
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Gao Xingjian

23. Gao Xingjian

1940-. (aged 86)
literary critic film director writer translator painter
Gao Xingjian is a Chinese émigré and later French naturalized novelist, playwright, critic, painter, photographer, film director, and translator who in 2000 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for an oeuvre of universal validity, bitter insights and linguistic ingenuity." He is also a noted translator (particularly of Samuel Beckett and Eugène Ionesco), screenwriter, stage director, and a celebrated painter.
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Hu Xijin

24. Hu Xijin

1960-. (aged 66)
reporter editor journalist
Hu Xijin is a Chinese journalist who previously served as editor-in-chief and Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Global Times from 2005 to 2021.
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He Yafei

25. He Yafei

1955-. (aged 71)
diplomat politician
He Yafei is a Chinese diplomat who was vice-minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2008 to 2009.
Victor Gao

26. Victor Gao

1962-. (aged 64)
internationalist interpreter lawyer pundit
Victor Zhikai Gao is a Chinese lawyer, businessman, and academic who is the vice president of the Beijing-based Center for China and Globalization (CCG).
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Fu Ying

27. Fu Ying

1953-. (aged 73)
translator interpreter diplomat politician
Fu Ying is a Chinese politician and diplomat, best known for her terms as the ambassador to the Philippines, Australia, and the United Kingdom, as well as Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs.
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Song Jian

28. Song Jian

1931-. (aged 95)
cyberneticist military flight engineer
Song Jian is a Chinese aerospace engineer, demographer, and politician. He was deputy chief designer of China's submarine-launched ballistic missile (JL-1) and one of the country's leading scientists in the post-Cultural Revolution era. After a decade of two-child restrictions in the 1970s, and following the Chinese government's announcement in 1979 to advocate for one child per family, he became a...
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Yang Lan

29. Yang Lan

1968-. (aged 58)
entrepreneur journalist presenter businessperson media proprietor
Yang Lan is a Chinese media proprietor, journalist, and talk show host. She is the co-founder and chairperson of the Sun Media Group and the Sun Culture Foundation. In 2013, she was ranked number 100 in Forbes magazine's 100 World's Most Powerful Women.
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Kong Quan

30. Kong Quan

1955-. (aged 71)
diplomat
Kong Quan is a Chinese diplomat and politician who served as Chinese Ambassador to France and Monaco from 2008 to 2013.
Wu Hongbo

31. Wu Hongbo

1952-. (aged 74)
diplomat politician
Wu Hongbo is a Chinese diplomat who served as the special representative of the Chinese government for European affairs from November 2019 to February 2025.
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