| Office1: | Chairperson of the National People's Congress Foreign Affairs Committee | ||||||
| Term Start1: | March 2013 | ||||||
| Term End1: | March 2018 | ||||||
| 1Blankname1: | Chairman | ||||||
| 1Namedata1: | Zhang Dejiang | ||||||
| Predecessor1: | Li Zhaoxing | ||||||
| Successor1: | Zhang Yesui | ||||||
| Office2: | Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs | ||||||
| Term Start2: | January 2010 | ||||||
| Term End2: | March 2013 | ||||||
| Premier2: | Wen Jiabao Li Keqiang | ||||||
| 1Blankname2: | Minister | ||||||
| 1Namedata2: | Yang Jiechi | ||||||
| Office3: | Chinese Ambassador to the United Kingdom | ||||||
| Term Start3: | March 2007 | ||||||
| Term End3: | February 2010 | ||||||
| Predecessor3: | Zha Peixin | ||||||
| Successor3: | Liu Xiaoming | ||||||
| Office4: | Chinese Ambassador to Australia | ||||||
| Term Start4: | March 2004 | ||||||
| Term End4: | March 2007 | ||||||
| Predecessor4: | Wu Tao | ||||||
| Office5: | Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines | ||||||
| Term Start5: | March 1999 | ||||||
| Term End5: | April 2000 | ||||||
| Fu Ying | |||||||
| Native Name: | 傅莹 | ||||||
| Native Name Lang: | zh | ||||||
| Birth Place: | Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China | ||||||
| Party: | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Alma Mater: | Beijing Foreign Studies University University of Kent | ||||||
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Fu Ying (born January 1953) is a Chinese politician and diplomat, best known for her terms as the ambassador to the Philippines, Australia, and the United Kingdom, as well as Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Fu was born in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, in 1953. Her father was a student of Ai Siqi and she is of Mongol descent.
An ethnic Mongol, Fu Ying is the first woman, and the only ethnic minority woman, to serve as Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs since 1979, and one of only two to serve in Chinese history. Fu graduated from the Beijing Foreign Studies University.
In 1976, she became the official interpreter of the diplomatic service.
She led the Chinese Delegation during talks with North Korea that led to the latter country's decision (later reneged on) to abandon nuclear weapons.[1] From 2004 to 2007 she was the ambassador to Australia. She was the Chinese ambassador to the United Kingdom from March 2007 to 2009. In February 2010 she returned to China and was replaced by Liu Xiaoming. She was Vice Foreign Minister from January 2010-March 2013.
In October 2012, Fu visited Manila in an effort to persuade the Philippines to continue bilateral discussions to address the South China Sea territorial disputes and to avoid involving the United States or taking the dispute to an international forum. The Philippines responded by initiating an arbitration against China.
During her time as Vice Foreign Minister, Fu stated, "The Chinese Dream is also part of the dream of many in the developing world who now have a great opportunity to grow their economy."[2]
In 2013, Fu became the chairperson of the National People's Congress Foreign Affairs Committee.[3]
On August 8, 2016, the Philippines dispatched former president Fidel V. Ramos to Hong Kong to mitigate tensions following the result of the South China Sea Arbitration.[4] Fu met with Ramos and Wu Shicun (president of the National Institute for South China Sea Studies). Ramos conveyed the Philippines' willingness to engage in formal discussions with China and the three issued a statement in their personal capacities emphasizing cooperation and dialogue between the two countries.
See also: Wolf warrior diplomacy.
Fu had criticized Western biases on China. While serving as vice-foreign minister, she explained that, in preparation for a 2011 interview for German magazine Der Spiegel, got her staff to prepare her for questions on human rights, the Chinese military, and reforms. Eventually, she adopted a strategy of deflecting "hostile" questions and assumed that Western reporters would always "start from a negative perspective of China."[5] She had been described as "charming and soft-spoken" as a veteran diplomat in comparison with his contemporary, Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi.[6]
She graduated from the Beijing Foreign Studies University. In 1985, she received an MA in International Relations at the University of Kent. She also was given an honorary Doctorate of Civil Law in 2008 by the University of Kent.
A 2019 Report by the Hoover Institution of Stanford University stated that Fu Ying is the "senior figure in a growing number of US–China interactions," especially with U.S. think tanks.[9]
Fu Ying tries to adhere to elements of traditional Inner Mongolian culture in her personal life. She drinks suutei tsai (Chinese: 奶茶, Hohhot-style milk tea) on the weekends, listens to the traditional Mongol long song, and eats Inner Mongolian food.[10] She has one daughter by her husband, ethnologist Hao Shiyuan (Chinese: 郝时远).[11]
