JAKARTA - China appointed Qin Gang, a trusted aide to President Xi Jinping, as the new foreign minister, the state radio reported on Friday.
Qin, 56, who is currently China's ambassador to the United States, replaces Wang Yi, who has been foreign minister for the past decade.
Wang, 69, who is a senior politician in the Bamboo Curtain Country, was promoted to the Chinese Communist Party's politburo last October. He is expected to play a bigger role in foreign policy.
Bintang yang sedang naik daun di kementerian luar negeri, Qin naik melalui berbagai posisi, termasuk sebagai juru bicara kementerian dan penempatan di Kedutas Besar China di Inggris.
He served as chief protocol officer of President Xi between 2014 and 2018.
Following his appointment, Qin will return to Beijing from Washington after 17 months as China's 11th ambassador to the United States.
In an essay published in American two-month magazine, National Interest this week, Qin gave an overview of China's position in foreign policy and reiterated that China-AS relations are not zero-sum games.
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