On April 9, 2009, President Hu Jintao of the People’s Republic of China, according to a decision of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, announced the appointment of the following new ambassadors:

1.Qiu Xiaoqi was appointed the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to the Federative Republic of Brazil, replacing Chen Duqing;

2.Zhang Xianyi was appointed the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, replacing Zheng Qingdian;

3.Zheng Qingdian was appointed the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, replacing Yang Houlan;

4.Liu Jianchao was appointed the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to the Republic of The Philippines, replacing Song Tao;

5.Wang Kaiwen was appointed the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to the Kyrgyz Republic, replacing Zhang Yannian;

6.Zhang Yannian was appointed the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to the Republic of Azerbaijan, replacing Zhang Haizhou.