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    PEOPLE & POINTS

    Sep 15, 2022 3 minutes

    NEW FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESPERSON

    The regular Chinese Foreign Ministry press conference got a new host on September 5 as Mao Ning made her debut as the ministry’s new spokesperson.

    Mao, born in Xiangtan, Hunan Province, in 1972, graduated with a master’s degree from China Foreign Affairs University in Beijing. Mao took up the post as the 33rd Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson and deputy director general of the Information Department.

    Previously, Mao has served as deputy director general of the Department of Asian Affairs, director of the department’s Korean Peninsula Affairs Office and counselor of the Chinese Embassy in the U.S.

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