Le Yucheng

In this Chinese name, the family name is Le.
Le Yucheng
乐玉成
Yucheng presenting his credentials to then India President Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi (2014)
Deputy Director of the National Radio and Television Administration
In office
June 2022 – July 2023
PremierLi Keqiang
Li Qiang
Executive Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
March 2018 – June 2022
MinisterWang Yi
PremierLi Keqiang
Succeeded byMa Zhaoxu
Chinese Ambassador to India
In office
12 September 2014 – 1 April 2016
Preceded byWei Wei
Succeeded byLuo Zhaohui
Chinese Ambassador to Kazakhstan
In office
8 August 2013 – September 2014
Preceded byZhou Li
Succeeded byZhang Hanhui
Personal details
BornJune 1963 (age 61)
Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party

Le Yucheng (Chinese: 乐玉成; pinyin: Lè Yùchéng; born in June 1963) is a Chinese retired diplomat and politician. He served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs between 2018 and 2022.

Career

Born in Yangzhou, in 1986 Yucheng graduated in Russian language and literature at the Nanjing Normal University and then started a diplomacy career joining the Soviet Union's East European Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[1] Among other assignments, he served as Minister Counsellor and Minister at the Embassy of the Russian Federation, Chinese ambassador to Kazakhstan between 2013 and 2014, and to India between 2014 and 2016, and deputy director of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission.[1][2]

In October 2017, Le was elected as an alternate member of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, and in March 2018, he was appointed deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.[1]

Once considered a potential successor to Foreign Minister Wang Yi, in June 2022 Le was instead moved to the position of deputy director of the National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA), which was widely seen as a demotion.[2][3][4] He further lost his alternate membership in the Central Committee after the 20th CCP National Congress, and was retired from the position of deputy director of the NRTA in July 2023 after reaching the age of 60.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c 高楼 (30 March 2018). "中央候补委员乐玉成出任外交部副部长". Sina News. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Career diplomat moves to Chinese state broadcasting body as deputy chief". South China Morning Post. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  3. ^ Nakazawa, Katsuji (23 June 2022). "Russia hand's demotion signals shift in Xi's strategy". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  4. ^ Lamperti, Lorenzo (23 January 2023). "Friends with(out) benefits: La Cina non ha intenzione di scaricare la Russia per avvicinarsi all'Occidente". Linkiesta (in Italian). Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  5. ^ Zhuang, Sylvie (31 July 2023). "Career diplomat and Russia expert Le Yucheng retires after move to state media body". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2 August 2023.