Yin Zonghua

Yin Zonghua

Dr. Yin Zonghua was born in August 1964 in Shengzhou City, Zhejiang Province, and gained his doctoral degree in Economics from the Nankai University.

He started his career in August 1984 and worked successively with the Department of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (MOFTEC), China’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and the Department of International Trade and Economic Affairs of MOFTEC.

After that, Mr. Yin was appointed successively as Deputy Director and Director of the Department of International Trade

and Economic Affairs of MOFTEC, Deputy Director-General (DDG-level) of the China international Center for Economic and Technical Exchanges (CICETE), Deputy Director-General of the Department of Foreign Trade of MOFTEC and the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), and Deputy Director-General of the Department of International Trade and Economic Affairs of MOFCOM.

Mr Yin was promoted to Minister Counselor of Economy and Commerce (DG-level) of China's Mission to the European Union in August 2006, and Director-General of the Department of International Trade and Economic Affairs of MOFCOM in May 2011. He was appointed as Director-General of the Department of WTO Affairs of MOFCOM and concurrently as Director-General of China WTO Notification and Inquiry Center.

In August 2014, Mr. Yin was appointed as Vice Chairman of CCPIT.