Gong Yuanxing

In this Chinese name, the family name is Gong.

Gong Yuanxing
龚元兴
Chinese Ambassador to Senegal
In office November 2009 – August 2012
Preceded by	Lu Shaye
Succeeded by	Xia Huang
Chinese ambassador to Morocco
In office December 2006 – May 2009
Preceded by	Cheng Tao
Succeeded by	Xu Jinghu
Chinese ambassador to Guinea
In office August 2001 – January 2004
Preceded by	Shi Tongning
Succeeded by	Liu Yukun
Personal details
Born	March 1952 (age 72) Shanghai, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Children	1
Alma mater	Bordeaux Montaigne University University of Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3 Sciences Po
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	龔元興
Simplified Chinese	龚元兴
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Gōng Yuánxīng

Gong Yuanxing (Chinese: 龚元兴; born March 1952) is a former Chinese diplomat.

Biography

Gong was born in Shanghai, in March 1952. After university, he was assigned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1975-1979 he was a staff member in the Chinese Embassy in the Republic of Niger. He returned to China in 1979 and that same year worked in the Translation Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1983, he pursued advanced studies in France, where he studied at the Bordeaux Montaigne University, University of Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3 and the Sciences Po. He returned to China in 1985 and worked in the Translation Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He served as counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in the Republic of Chad from 1996 to 1997 and counsellor of the Chinese Embassy of the Republic of Mali between 1997 and 2001. In 2001 he was appointed Chinese ambassador to Guinea, replacing Shi Tongning. He returned to China in 2004 and briefly served as deputy director of the Foreign Affairs Office of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. In 2005 he was appointed Chinese ambassador to Morocco. He served from 2005 through 2008. In 2009 he was appointed Chinese ambassador to Senegal in succession to Lu Shaye. He retired from the diplomatic service in August 2012.