Qiu Hong

Qiu Hong (Chinese: 仇鸿; born March 1961) is a Chinese official who currently serves as deputy director of the Committee for Liaison with Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Overseas Chinese of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). She holds a postgraduate degree in linguistics from the University of Leeds and earlier served for many years as secretary to Wu Yi, former Vice Premier of China.^[1]

Qiu Hong was born in Haimen, Jiangsu, in March 1961. She began her studies at Beijing Foreign Studies Institute (now Beijing Foreign Studies University) in 1979 and graduated in 1983. After completing her education, she worked in the English Department of the institute from 1983 to 1992.^[2]

From 1992 to 1998, Qiu held various positions in the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, working in the Department of European Affairs and the General Office. She subsequently served in the General Office of the State Council from 1998 to 2003, where she advanced from deputy bureau–level to bureau–level official. In 2008, she was appointed Assistant Minister of Commerce and became a member of the Party Leadership Group of the Ministry of Commerce, a post she held until 2013. Qiu later served as deputy director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Macao Special Administrative Region from 2013 to 2014, and then as deputy director of the Hong Kong Liaison Office from 2014 to July 2021.^[3][4]

In March 2023, she was appointed deputy director of the Committee for Liaison with Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Overseas Chinese of the 14th CPPCC National Committee.^[5]