Wu Dawei (pronounced Mandarin: [u tAuei] ⓘ; simplified Chinese: 武大伟; traditional Chinese: 武大偉; born 1946) was the previous special representative for Korean Peninsula Affairs [2] and former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China.

His first assignment with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was as an attaché to the Chinese embassy in Japan, lasting from 1973 to 1979.

[5] In 2005, Wu acted as the chairman to the fourth round of six-party talks looking to bring a peaceful resolution to security concerns on the Korean Peninsula.

[6] Controversies which arose during his tenure there include his 1999 remarks in which he condemned South Korean and non-governmental organization involvement with the issue of North Korean defectors in northeast China, deriding it as "neo-interventionism", and claimed that the safety of refugees repatriated to North Korea had been guaranteed.

[7] His comments spurred South Korean human rights activists to hold protests at the Chinese embassy in Seoul and circulate a petition urging the United Nations to grant refugee status to North Koreans in China.