Zhang Yiming

Biography

Zhang was born in Jiangning, Jiangsu, in May 1969. He graduated from Peking University and entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China in 1992. During the early years of his diplomatic career, Zhang worked in the Department of Asian Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and later served at the Embassy of China in Thailand, where he held positions including attaché and third secretary. Returning to Beijing, he continued to work in Asian affairs and successively served as third secretary, deputy division director, second secretary, and division director. From 2003 to 2005, Zhang served at the Embassy of China in Pakistan as second secretary. He subsequently returned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and continued work related to Asian regional affairs.

Between 2009 and 2011, Zhang was posted to Namibia as counsellor at the Chinese embassy. He later returned to Thailand and served as counsellor and minister-counsellor at the embassy from 2011 to 2014. From 2014 onward, Zhang held leadership positions within the Protocol Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, serving first as deputy director-general and later concurrently as director of the Office for Diplomatic Missions Affairs.

In 2017, Zhang was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of Namibia, serving until 2023. In 2022, Zhang was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the United Arab Emirates. During his tenure, he participated in diplomatic, economic, and cultural exchanges between China and the UAE.

On April 21, 2026, President Xi Jinping, pursuant to a decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, removed Zhang from the post of Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the United Arab Emirates.