Ding Xuesong
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Ding Xuesong | |
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丁雪松 | |
| Chinese Ambassador to the Netherlands | |
| In office 1979–1981 | |
| Preceded by | Chen Xinren |
| Succeeded by | Guo Jie |
| Chinese Ambassador to Denmark and Chinese Ambassador to Iceland | |
| In office 1982–1984 | |
| Preceded by | Qin Jialin (Denmark) and Chen Feng (Iceland) |
| Succeeded by | Chen Luzhi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 27, 1918 Mudong town, Ba County, Chongqing, Sichuan, China (present-day Banan District, Chongqing, China) |
| Died | May 29, 2011 (aged 93) |
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 (daughter) |
Ding Xuesong (丁雪松; May 27, 1918 – May 29, 2011) was China's first female ambassador. She served as ambassador to the Netherlands from 1979 to 1981 and then to Denmark and Iceland from 1982 to 1984.[1]
Biography
Born on 1918 in Da County in Chongqing, she graduated from Wende Girls' High School and Sichuan Provincial Girls' Vocational School in Chongqing, and later worked at a bank. In November 1937, she joined the Communist Party of China and in January 1938, she arrived in Yan'an and enrolled in the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University.
In July 1939, when the Chinese Women's University in Yan'an opened, Ding joined the advanced research class and served as the vice president of the student union. In October 1941, was called back to Yan'an to participate in the preparatory work for the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region Consultative Council and was appointed as the secretary to Li Dingming, the vice chairman of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region government.
In 1947, she was appointed as the Secretary-General of the Central Overseas Chinese Affairs Committee of the Korean Workers' Party. In 1948, became the Chairwoman of the North Korean Overseas Chinese Federation and the business representative of the Northeast Administrative Committee in Pyongyang.
In September 1949, she was tasked with establishing the Pyongyang branch of Xinhua News Agency and became the director of the branch in early 1950. She returned to China in September of the same year and in 1951, she was transferred to the International Liaison Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
In 1952, transferred to the International Activities Guidance Committee of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, serving as the director of the office. In 1971, transferred to the China Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries as the Secretary-General and later as the Vice President. In 1979, succeeded Chen Xinren as the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the Netherlands, becoming the first female ambassador of the People's Republic of China. Dutch media highlighted her arrival by noting that the "old-style Mao suit was replaced by fine Chinese silk." In 1981, succeeded by Guo Jie.
In 1982, she succeeded Qin Jialin as the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Denmark. In 1984, succeeded directly by Chen Lu. As Ambassador to Denmark Ding was instrumental in Carlsberg Brewery's investment in the Beijing Huadu Brewery, at the time China's most modern. She retired in 1994 and in 2007, she donated 10 cultural relics, including a commemorative bowl from the Danish Foreign Minister, to the China Women and Children's Museum.
She died on 2011.
Personal life
She married Korean-born composer Zheng Lücheng. She accompanied him to North Korea in 1945, but appealed to Zhou Enlai to request Kim Il Sung's permission for them to return to China in 1950.[2]
References
- ^ la première ambassadrice de la Chine nouvelle 31 Jul 2009 " Ding Xuesong, née en 1918 à Chongqing, a adhéré au Parti communiste chinois à l'âge de 19 ans. En janvier 1938, elle se rendit à Yan'an"
- ^ Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women - Volume 2 - Page 145 Lily Xiao Hong Lee, A. D. Stefanowska, Sue Wiles - 2003 "... situation of their conflicting nationalities by returning to China, where Zheng Lücheng took out Chinese citizenship. ... PRC, Zheng Lücheng was active in his work as a composer; he wrote the music for the Western-style opera Cloud Gazing."
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