Chinese Ambassador to France Lu Shaye is set to leave his post and return to China.
On December 17, local time, the third Paris China-France Forum was held at the Guimet Museum of Asian Arts in France. The image shows Lu Shaye, the Chinese Ambassador to France, delivering a speech.
Ambassador Lu Shaye is about to conclude his term. According to reports from China News Service in Paris on December 17, during the forum, Lu Shaye expressed that he is set to end his tenure as the Ambassador to France and return to China. He reflected on the significant moments in Sino-French relations over the past five years, including mutual visits by the leaders of both countries, the celebration of the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations, and the Year of Cultural Exchange. He noted that these five years have allowed him to witness the resilience of Sino-French relations amid a century marked by pandemic challenges and global changes, making it one of the most stable major country relations in an unstable world.
Lu Shaye, born in October 1964 in Leqing, Zhejiang Province, is a university graduate. He has held several significant positions, including Counselor at the Department of African Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Counselor at the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in France, Deputy Director-General of the Department of African Affairs, Ambassador to the Republic of Senegal, and Director-General of the Department of African Affairs. He also served as Vice Mayor of Wuhan, Hubei Province, from 2014 to 2015.
In 2015, Lu Shaye became the Director of the Policy Research Bureau of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China, and in 2016, he was appointed Ambassador to Canada. He later assumed the role of Ambassador to France and Monaco in July 2019.
On December 4 of this year, Lu Shaye spoke at the “China Ambassador Award” ceremony and the Sino-French Friendship Reception. He stated, “My five years of work and life in France have left me with profound and beautiful memories, filling me with hope and anticipation for the bright future of Sino-French relations. I believe that with the joint efforts of friendly individuals from both countries, Sino-French relations will embark on another glorious 60 years.”
