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NCNA PERSONNEL CHANGES CHEN RONGCHUN
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Today's press reports that Zhou Nan has confirmed that Chen Rongchun is to take over as Head of NCNA's Foreign Affairs
Department, and has said that he will arrive in early April.
Meanwhile, Wide Angle has published the following additional details of Chen's background :-
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Dates
Details
3.11.38 Born into a peasant family in Huian county, Fujian.
1950s
Chairman of Students Union in Huian County.
1959
1964
Qualified with Distinction for entry into Peking University.
After graduation, remained in Peking to work as a
Tutor in the English Language Teaching & Research
Group of the Institute of Diplomacy (Waijiao Xueyuan)
Shortly after the above sent to UK to study English.
Spring
1966
Started work at Chinese Diplomatic Mission in London.
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1969-74
At Chinese Embassy to Sweden: Head of Administration, English Interpreter. During this time, he participated in the talks on opening relations with Canada (held in Stockholm), and in the first UN
Environmental Conference.
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