Lan Lijun

Lan Lijun (born in December 1952, Chinese: 兰立俊), a native of Dafeng, Yancheng, Jiangsu Province, is a diplomat representing the People's Republic of China.

He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China in April 1976.

[1] In March 1974, he worked as Attaché at the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Trinidad & Tobago.

In September 1989, he was appointed deputy director and first secretary of the Department of Latin America and the Caribbean within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; in June 1992, he became consul at the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Los Angeles; in April 1996, he was designated director of the Department of American and Pacific within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; in March 1998, he advanced to counsellor and deputy director-general of the Department of American and Pacific; and in December 2000, he was appointed consul-general of the Consulate-General of China, Los Angeles.

[4] In March 2011, he became Ambassador of China to the Kingdom of Sweden; and in October 2013, he vacated his position.