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after stepping down as china's ambassador to south korea, xing haiming has taken up a new post in the asia department of the ministry of foreign affairs.

according to liaoning daily, the 14th high-level affairs committee meeting of the northeast asia local government association was held in shenyang on september 25. lin bingzhen, secretary-general of the northeast asia local government association, chimed churun, governor of uvs province, mongolia, jumakasayev kanat, governor of chuy province, kyrgyzstan, ekaterina kochetova, vice chairman and minister of economy of the republic of buryatia, russia, mendebayar kuyagbaatar, deputy governor of khuvsgul province, mongolia, zhang xiangji, deputy mayor of pohang, south korea, and other representatives of the association secretariat and foreign local governments attended the opening ceremony. zhang lilin, member of the standing committee of the provincial party committee and vice governor, and xing haiming, ambassador of the asian department of the ministry of foreign affairs, attended the opening ceremony and delivered speeches.

this also means that xing haiming has taken up his new post in the asia department of the ministry of foreign affairs.

public information shows that xing haiming, male, was born in november 1964 in tianjin and graduated from university. he has served as a clerk in the asian department of the ministry of foreign affairs, a staff member and attaché of the chinese embassy in north korea, an attaché and third secretary of the asian department of the ministry of foreign affairs, a third secretary of the chinese embassy in south korea, a third secretary, second secretary, deputy director and director of the asian department of the ministry of foreign affairs, a counselor of the chinese embassy in south korea, a minister-counselor of the chinese embassy in north korea, and a minister-counselor of the chinese embassy in south korea.

from 2011 to 2015, xing haiming returned to the department of asian affairs of the ministry of foreign affairs and served as counselor and deputy director of the department. in august 2015, xing haiming was appointed chinese ambassador to mongolia.

in january 2020, xing haiming took up his new post as chinese ambassador to south korea and will leave his post and return to china in july 2024. (the paper)