Liu Jinsong, male, was born in 1972 in Zhejiang, is from Jiangsu, and grew up in Xinjiang, China.

He holds a Bachelor of Economics from the Institute of Regional Economics at Renmin University of China, and a Master's degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in the United States.

1993-2000   Staff Member, Attaché, Third Secretary, Deputy Division Director, Department of Asian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, PRC

2000-2001   Deputy Division Director, Policy Research Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, PRC

2001-2003   Second Secretary, Director of the Political Section, Spokesperson, Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Kingdom of Thailand

2003-2004   First Secretary, Department of Asian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, PRC

2004-2007   First Secretary, Political Counselor, Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Japan

2007-2009   Political Counselor, Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

2010-2011   Deputy Director-General, Department of Research, Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council

2011-2012   Deputy Director-General, Department of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, PRC

2012-2012   Deputy Director-General, Policy Planning Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, PRC

2012-2015   Deputy Director-General, Department of International Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, PRC; Member of the Board of Directors, the Silk Road Fund 

2015-2017   Deputy Chief of Mission, Minister, Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Republic of India

2017-2019   Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 

2019-2021   Director-General, Policy Planning Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, PRC

2021-2026   Director-General, Department of Asian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, PRC

2026-       Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Commonwealth of Australia

Married with one son.