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Mr. Long Yongtu is
responsible for trade negotiations
and multilateral economic and legal
affairs. He is the Chief Negotiator
for China’s resumption of GATT
contracting party status and its accession
to the World Trade Organization.
Mr.
Long is also in charge of the multilateral
economic and trade affairs between
China and the United Nations development
agencies. He led the first Chinese
delegation to OECD in Paris in January
1995 and established the relationship
of dialogue partner with the organization.
Mr.
Long received his BA Degree of British
and American Literature in the Guizhou
University in 1965 and had his post
graduate study in economics at the
London School of Economics from 1973
to 1974. He joined the Ministry in
1965 and served as a diplomat in the
Permanent Mission of China to the
United Nations in New York from 1978
to 1980. From 1980 to 1986, he worked
in the United Nations Development
Program(UNDP), first in New York headquarters
and then in Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea as the Deputy Resident
Representative of the UNDP Office.
Mr.
Long returned to China in 1986 and
was appointed the Deputy Director-General
of China International Center for
Economic and Technical Exchanges(CICETE),
a government organization coordinating
UNDP and UNIDO assistance in China.
In January 1992, he was appointed
the Director-General of the Department
of International Trade and Economic
Affairs of MOFTEC. In April 1994,
he was appointed the Assistant Minister
of MOFTEC. And in February 1997, he
was appointed Vice Minister and the
first-ever Chief Representative for
Trade Negotiations of MOFTEC. |
