Fu Cong

Fu Cong (born June 1965) is a Chinese diplomat who works in the service of the People's Republic of China. In December 2022, he was appointed to Brussels as Ambassador of China to the European Union.

Career
In 1987, Fu began working for the Department of International Organizations and Conferences of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a staff member and attaché. In 1991, he became an attaché to the Permanent Mission of the PRC to the United Nations office in Geneva. In 1992, he returned to China to work once again as an attaché to the Department of International Organizations and Conferences of the MFA, being promoted to the positions of Third Secretary and Deputy Director. In 1996, Fu was made Second Secretary of the Permanent Mission of the PRC to the UN Office in Vienna, returning to China in 1997 to become the Second Secretary of the Department of Arms Control of the MFA. He remained in this department until 2004, achieving the positions of Division Director, Counselor, and Deputy Director over his tenure.

In 2004, Fu was appointed Deputy Director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the People's Government of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. In 2005, he returned to the EU to serve as Counselor to the Permanent Mission of the PRC to the UN office in Geneva. Fu was promoted to Minister Counselor in 2007 before becoming an Advisor to the Director-General of the UN World Health Organization. He served in this role until 2013, when he once again returned to China to become the Cyber Affairs Coordinator for the MFA.

Fu returned to Europe in 2015 to serve as the Chinese representative to the Conference on Disarmament and as the Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Office in Geneva, positions which he held until 3 February 2019. While serving in these positions in Geneva, Fu was appointed Director-General of the Department of Arms Control of the MFA. Fu held this position until his appointment as China's Ambassador to the EU in December 2022. This position was left vacant for nearly one year prior to his appointment. On 25 March 2024, he stepped down as Head of the Chinese Mission to the EU. On 13 April 2024, he was appointed as China's Permanent Representative to the UN.