Ambassador, Consul General Sun Guoxiang, of Zhejiang descent, was born in Shanghai in February 1953. He has a master's degree.
2011- Ambassador, Consul General of the People's Republic of China in New York
2008-2011: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
2006-2008: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of Turkey
2002-2006: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and concurrently to the Republic of Maldives
1993-2002: Deputy Director, Director, then Deputy Director General, Department of Asian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1995-1996: School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University, USA
1991-1993: Second Secretary, then First Secretary, Chinese Embassy in Canada
1984-1991: Third Secretary, then Second Secretary, General Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1983-1984: Staff Member, Department of Asian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1980-1983: Staff Member, Chinese Embassy in the Lao People's Democratic Republic
Mr. Sun Guoxiang is married with a son.