Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee

Tian Xuejun

Vice Minister of Education

Chairperson of the National Commission of People’s Republic of China to UNESCO

Tian Xuejun was born in Zibo, Shandong Province in 1962.

1979-1983   Study in Department of Foreign Languages, Shandong University, with Combined bachelor degree.

1983-1985   Study in Department of Diplomacy, China Foreign Affairs University;

1985-1988   Staff member and Attache of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the State of Kuwait;

1988-1991   Attache and Third Secretary of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the People's Republic of Bangladesh;

1991-1992   Third Secretary of the Department of Personnel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China;

1992-1998   Second Secretary, then First Secretary of the General Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China;

1998-2003   Counselor of the General Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China;

2003-2004   Secretary of the General Office, the State Council of the People's Republic of China;

2004-2007   Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Hellenic Republic;

2007-2012   Director General of the Department of Personnel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China;

2012-2017   Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of South Africa;

2017-         Vice Minister of Education, Chairman of National Language Commission, Chairperson of Chinese National Commission for UNESCO.