Tan Jian (diplomat)
Tan Jian | |||||||
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谈践 | |||||||
| Chinese Ambassador to the Netherlands | |||||||
| In office 5 January 2021 – December 2025 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Xu Hong | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Shen Bo | ||||||
| Chinese Ambassador to Ethiopia | |||||||
| In office December 2017 – September 2020 | |||||||
| Preceded by | La Yifan | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Zhao Zhiyuan | ||||||
| Personal details | |||||||
| Born | March 1965 (age 61) China | ||||||
| Party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Alma mater | Nanjing Foreign Language School | ||||||
| Occupation | Diplomat | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 談踐 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 谈践 | ||||||
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Tan Jian (Chinese: 谈践; born March 1965) is a Chinese diplomat. Previously he served as Chinese Ambassador to Ethiopia and Chinese ambassador to the Netherlands.
Biography
Tan was born in March 1965. He attended the Nanjing Foreign Language School. He joined the Foreign Service in 1987 and has served in various diplomatic positions including attaché, secretary, and counsellor. In 2012 he was promoted to become counsellor and deputy director of the Department of International Economic Affairs, a position he held until 2017. On December 14, 2017, President Xi Jinping appointed him Chinese Ambassador to Ethiopia, a post in which he served from December 2017 to September 2020.[1] On January 5, 2021, he was appointed Chinese ambassador to the Netherlands, replacing Xu Hong.[2] In January 2026, pursuant to a decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China removed Tan Jian from the post and appointed Shen Bo as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.[3]
References
- ↑ Jiang Ziwen (蒋子文) (19 September 2020). 中国驻埃塞俄比亚大使谈践即将离任. thepaper.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ↑ Liu Xiaodong (刘笑冬) (5 January 2021). 国家主席习近平任免驻外大使. xinhuanet.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ↑ "国家主席习近平任免驻外大使_中华人民共和国外交部". www.mfa.gov.cn. Retrieved 13 June 2026.