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Ambassador Zhang Yan was born on 3 November 1950 in China.
His professional career is as follows:
- 1978–1983: Attaché, Chinese Embassy in Liberia
- 1983–1990: Attaché, Deputy Director, Director Department of International Organizations and Conferences, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- 1990–1992: First Secretary, Permanent Mission of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations in Geneva
- 1992–1995: First Secretary, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations in New York
- 1995–1996: Counsellor, Department of International Organizations and Conferences Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- 1996–March 1998: Director General, Foreign Affairs Office, Yunnan Province
- March 1998 – August 1998: Counsellor Department of International Organizations and Conferences, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- August 1998 – December 1999: Ambassador & APEC Senior Official, People’s Republic of China
- January 2000: Deputy Executive Director Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Secretariat
- January 2001: Executive Director Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Secretariat
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