President Hu Jintao has appointed and dismissed ambassadors to
nine countries in accordance with a decision made by the Standing
Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), the top
legislature.
Zhang keyuan is appointed as ambassador to Iceland to replace
Wang Xinshi.
Yu Hongyao replaces Gao Shumao as new ambassador to
Mongolia.
Wang Xiaodu replaces Shen Jiangkuan as new ambassador to
Djibouti.
Huang Changqing replaces Wang Sifa as new ambassador to
Cameroon.
Zhou Yuxiao replaces Lin Songtian as new ambassador to
Liberia.
Ma Zhixue replaces Sun Rongmin as new ambassador to
Luxembourg.
Sun Rongmin replaces Yuan Guisen as new ambassador to
Poland.
Cheng Shuping replaces Bao Shusheng as new ambassador to
Vanuatu.
Wang Xiaoyuan is appointed as ambassador to Costa Rica and he is
dismissed from ambassador to Uruguay.
(Xinhua News Agency August 24, 2007)