Ｍｅｅｔｉｎｇ Ｈｅｌｄ ｆｏｒ ｔｈｅ Ｐｕｂｌｉｃａｔｉｏｎ ｏｆ Ｂｉｏｇｒａｐｈｙ ｏｆ Ｈａｎ Ｘｕ——Ｅｘｐｅｒｉｅｎｃｅ ｏｆ ａ Ｄｉｐｌｏｍａｔ

A meeting for the publication of the Book Biography of Han Xu——Experience of a Diplomat was held in the auditorium of the CPAFFC on September 20. Chen Haosu， president of the CPAFFC， and Wang Chengjia， president of the World Affairs Press， co-chaired the meeting. About 60 former colleagues， subordinates， and friends of Han Xu attended the meeting. Among them were 24 ambassadors including Zhu Qizhen， Chai Zemin and Li Daoyu， former Chinese ambassadors to the United States， and scholars and experts like Yang Chengxu and Ma Zhengang， former and present director of the Institute of International Studies， Xue Mouhong， former director of Institute of International Studies of the Qinghua University， Wu Jianmin， president of the Foreign Affairs College， and Wang Jisi， director of the Institute of American Studies under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

Han Xu was born in May 1924 and passed away in July 1994. He had served as vice foreign minister， Chinese ambassador to the United States， president of the CPAFFC and chairman of the Subcommittee of Foreign Affairs of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. As one of the first generation of protocol officials of new China， Han Xu had contributed greatly to the establishment of rules and regulations on protocol with Chinese characteristics which was in keeping with the trend of the world， and to the training of a contingent of protocol cadres who could carry out the foreign policy of the Party and were proficient in their work. During his tenure as Chinese ambassador to the United States， he made unremitting efforts to the normal development of China-US relations. In his later years when he served as the president of the CPAFFC， he did a great deal of fruitful work to advance China’s people-to-people diplomacy.

At the meeting， all the participants were eager to speak. With great feelings they talked about their personal contacts with Han Xu and recollected his fine qualities——working diligently， treating others sincerely， being upright in conduct， having the courage to take on responsibility when a problem cropped up， living a simple life， being honest in performing his official duties， caring for the masses， never giving a thought to personal gain or loss and being strict with himself.

The book was published by the World Affairs Press on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the death of Han Xu. Ruan Hong， the author of the book， is a senior editor. To write this nearly 500，000-word biography， she studied lots of material and interviewed more than 130 friends and colleagues of Han Xu. With a full， accurate， reliable and vivid account and a new style of writing， she presents a full picture of the life of Han Xu and his diplomatic activities. Being a career diplomat， Han Xu had worked in many areas ranging from protocol affairs， US affairs， regional affairs to people-to-people diplomacy and had taken part in many important diplomatic events of new China. Therefore， the account of his experiences provides the readers with a unique angle to look at the various aspects of China’s diplomacy.