Foreign Ministry's latest public face makes her debut

From: China Daily | Date: June 14, 2006 | Copyright information

The Foreign Ministry debuted its latest spokeswoman yesterday.

Newly-appointed Jiang Yu, 42, is the 23rd public face of the Foreign Ministry, since the spokesman system was established in 1983.

She is also the fourth woman to take the post, following Li Jinhua, former ambassador to New Zealand, Fan Huijuan, former ambassador to Ireland, and Zhang Qiyue, ambassador to Belgium.

Jiang prepared for a lot of questions on her debut, even including one about the ongoing World Cup finals.

Commenting on her appointment, she said: "I ...

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