Cong Peiwu

Cong Peiwu
Cong Peiwu
	丛培武
Chinese Ambassador to Canada
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; September 2019
Preceded by	Lu Shaye
Personal details
Born	May 1967 (age 53); China
Political party	Communist Party of China
Children	1
Alma mater	China Foreign Affairs University

Cong Peiwu (Chinese: 丛培武; pinyin: Cóng Péiwǔ; born May 1967) is a Chinese diplomat currently serving as Chinese Ambassador to Canada.[1]

Biography

Cong once served as counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in Britain. In 2014 he became head of the Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, replacing Xie Feng.[2] On September 5, 2019, Geng Shuang confirmed that Cong would serve as Chinese Ambassador to Canada.

On 15 October 2020 during an online press conference, Cong said "So if the Canadian side really cares about the stability and prosperity in Hong Kong, and really cares about the good health and safety of those 300,000 Canadian passport holders in Hong Kong, and the large number of Canadian companies operating in Hong Kong SAR, you should support those efforts to fight violent crimes." Asked if this was a threat to Canadians, he replied "That is your interpretation."[3]

References

"China Urges Release of Huawei Exec With New Canadian Envoy". usnews.com. 5 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
Lu Zhenhua (18 July 2019). "Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang to take over US and Canada affairs office". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
"Beijing accuses Canada of being anti-China over envoy's Hong Kong 'threat'". South China Morning Post. 2020-10-19. Retrieved 2020-10-22.

Government offices
Preceded by Xie Feng (谢锋)	Head of the Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China 2014-2019	Succeeded by Lu Kang
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Lu Shaye	Chinese Ambassador to Canada 2019	Incumbent

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[1] "China Urges Release of Huawei Exec With New Canadian Envoy". usnews.com. 5 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.

[2] Lu Zhenhua (18 July 2019). "Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang to take over US and Canada affairs office". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 5 September 2019.

[3] "Beijing accuses Canada of being anti-China over envoy's Hong Kong 'threat'". South China Morning Post. 2020-10-19. Retrieved 2020-10-22.