Ambassador Li Chengwen was born in February, 1955, and graduated from a university in China.

    1982-1983         Staff Member, Embassy of China in the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen

    1983-1987         Attaché, Third Secretary, Embassy of China in the Arab Republic of Egypt

    1987-1992         Third Secretary, Department of West Asian and North African Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    1992-1995         Second Secretary, Embassy of China in the Tunisian Republic

    1995-1997         Second Secretary, First Secretary, Embassy of China in the Sultanate of Oman

    1997-1999         First Secretary, Department of Personnel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    1999-2000         First Secretary, Embassy of China in Israel

    2000-2002         Counselor, Embassy of China in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

    2002-2007         Counselor, Department of West Asian and North African Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    2007-2011          Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to Sudan

    2011-                  Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Kingdom

                               of Saudi  Arabia

    Married, with a son.