Lin Jian (林剑; born May 1977) is a Chinese diplomat who has been serving as the 34th spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China and deputy director-general of the Department of Press, Communication, and Public Diplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China since March 2024.

[3][7][8] From 2020 to 2024, he was dispatched to serve as party secretary and director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.

[12] In April 2024, he said on a scheduled news conference that the Philippines should "stop bringing external forces to safeguard its so-called security" on disputed waters.

[13] In May 2024, he expressed China's concerns over the deployment of a US-launched missile system as the US transports it to the northern region of the Philippines.

This was his response to Filipino Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro's comments of China's "ramping up pressure" to the Philippines.