Mr. Xu Jianguo, born in October 1955, a native of Zhejiang Province.

Bachelor's degree of Engineering and Law; associate professor.

1972-1978, Worked in Cixi Machine Tool Plant,Zhejiang Province

1978-1993, Studied and worked in Zhejiang University

As: Deputy Director of the Publicity Department of the Party Committee, Zhejiang University

Member of the Party Committee, Zhejiang University

Secretary of Chinese Youth League Committee, Zhejiang University

Visiting scholar at SYRACUSE University in America

1993-2000, worked as:

Vice Mayor of Deqing County, Zhejiang Province

Director of Financial Division, General Office of the People's Government of Zhejiang Province

Deputy Director, Ningbo Economic and Technological Development Zone Management Committee of Zhejiang Province

2000-2010, worked as:

Counsellor, Chinese Embassy in the Republic of South Africa

Chinese Ambassador to Georgia

Deputy Director-General of the Department of External Security Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Chinese Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Nigeria

2010-Now, Chinese Ambassador to New Zealand, Cook Islands and Niue.