University of Economics in Bratislava
DIPLOMACY IN PRACTICE
H.E. Mr. LIN Lin
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
of the People's Republic of China
Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
of the People's Republic of China
LIN Lin
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born on May in 1958
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1985 – 1989
Attaché, Third Secretary of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the
Republic of Uganda
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1989 - 1994
Third Secretary, Second Secretary, Deputy Head of Unit for the Department of African
Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China
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2004 - 2008
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary oto the Federal Democratic Republic
of Ethiopia
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2012 - 2015
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Zimbabwe
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2015 – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Slovak Republic
China
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The country
the fourth largest country in the world by land area
shares borders with 14 nations
capital city is Beijing and the largest city is Shanghai
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Politics
Communist Party of China
over 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four direct municipalities, and
two mostly self-governing special administrative regions
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Foreign relations
diplomatic relations with 173 countries and maintains embassies in 162
permanent member of the Security Council
History of China
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one of the world's oldest continuous civilizations
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Qin Dynasty (221 BC – 206 BC)
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Tang Dynasty (618 – 907)
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Great Wall of China
prosperous periods of Chinese poetry
Song dynasty (960 – 1279)
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woodblock printing
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Gunpowder
History of China
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Ming dynasty (1368 – 1644)
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Quing dynasty (1644 -1911)
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Wuchang Uprising
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Republic of China.
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struggle between the
KMT and the CPC
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People’s Republic of China (1949 – present)
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transformation under Mao Zedong (1949 – 1976)
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Rise of Deng Xiaoping and economic reform (1976 – 1989)
Economy of China
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the world's second largest economy
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GDP - 17.53 % of the world economy
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the economic reforms in 1978
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the world’s manufacturing hub
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the tertiary sector makes up the majority of GDP
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overtook the United States in 2013 to become the world’s
largest trading nation
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the largest export economy in the world
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2nd largest importer in the world
China’s GDP by sectors
The Main Macroeconomic Indicators:
Source: World Bank, 2015
Economy of China
Top 10 Exporting Products:
1. Electronic equipment (26,3%
of total exports)
2. Machines, engines, pumps
(16%)
3. Furniture, lighting, signs
(4,3%)
4. Knit or crochet clothing
5. Clothing (not knit or
crochet)
China’s Top Trading
Partners:
Major Chinese Export
Companies:
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5.
1. PetroChina
2. Sinopec-China
Petroleum
3. SAIC Motor
4. Dongfeng Motor Group
5. BYD
USA
Japan
South Korea
Taiwan
Germany
Society and culture of China
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Population
1,384,247,189
Han Chinese, Tibetans, Mongols, Manchus, Naxi, Hezhen
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Religions
the Chinese Communist Party - officially atheist
Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Catholicism and Protestantism
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Languages
seven major groups of dialects of the Chinese language
official language
Pŭtōnghuà
Mandarin
Wu
Yue
Xiang
Min
Hakka
Gan
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Celebrations
largest festival - Spring Festival
Interesting facts
Thank you for your attention.