Yang Chengxu

Yang Chengxu is a senior Chinese diplomat to German-speaking countries.

Yang Chengxu
杨成绪
Chair, PECC China
In office 1995 – September 2005
Preceded by	Li Luye
Succeeded by	Mei Ping
President, China Institute of International Studies
In office May 1993 – November 2001
Preceded by	Du Gong
Succeeded by	Song Mingjiang
Chinese Ambassador to Austria
In office November 1985 – October 1989
Preceded by	Wang Shu
Succeeded by	Hu Benyao
Personal details
Born	1930 (age 94–95) Qingdao, Shandong
Alma mater	Fudan University Xinhua Foreign Languages Institute

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yang.

He was born in Qingdao in 1930 and later moved to Shanghai with his family.^[1] In 1952, he received his bachelor's degree in German Literature from Fudan University and started to work for the All-China Journalists Association. In 1962, Yang was sent to the Xinhua News Agency-founded Foreign Languages Institute to take advanced training courses.^[2] In 1973, he joined the Chinese Foreign Ministry and served successively as Secretary, Counsellor and Minister-Counsellor in Chinese Embassies in Federal Republic of Germany and German Democratic Republic.^[3]

In 1985, he was appointed Chinese Ambassador to Austria and was succeeded by Hu Benyao in 1989.^[4] He was then appointed director of the Department of Policy Planning and deputy director of the Department of West European Affairs of the Foreign Ministry.

From May 1993, he succeeded Du Gong as President of the China Institute of International Studies and was relieved from the position in November 2001.^[5] He also chaired PECC China, the China National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation (CNCPEC) from 1995 to 2005.^[6]