Consul General Sun Guoxiang, of Zhejiang descent, was born in Shanghai in February 1953. He has a master's degree.

2011- Consul General of the People's Republic of China in New York

2008-2011: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam

2006-2008: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of Turkey

2002-2006: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and concurrently to the Republic of Maldives

1993-2002: Deputy Director, Director, then Deputy Director General, Department of Asian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1995-1996: School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), John Hopkins University, USA

1991-1993: Second Secretary, then First Secretary, Chinese Embassy in Canada

1984-1991: Third Secretary, then Second Secretary, General Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1983-1984: Staff Member, Department of Asian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1980-1983: Staff Member, Chinese Embassy in the Lao People's Democratic Republic

1979-1980: Staff Member, Department of Asian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Mr. Sun Guoxiang is married with a son.