Chen Xiaodong was born in East China's Anhui province in December 1965.
2010 to present
Director-general, the Department of West Asian and North African Affairs of the Chinese Foreign Ministry
2008-2010
Minister, Embassy in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2007-2008
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of Iraq
2002-2007
Counsellor and Deputy Director-general, the Department of West Asian and North African Affairs of the Chinese Foreign Ministry
1999-2002
First Secretary and Counsellor, Embassy in the Arab Republic of Egypt
1997-1999
Second Secretary and First Secretary, Embassy in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
1994-1997
Third Secretary and Deputy Director, the Department of West Asian and North African Affairs of the Chinese Foreign Ministry
1989-1994
Staff Member, Attaché and Third Secretary, Embassy in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
1987-1989
Staff Member, the Department of West Asian and North African Affairs?of the Chinese Foreign Ministry
