Gui Congyou

Gui Congyou (Chinese: 桂从友; born 1965) is the current Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Sweden.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Gui.

Biography

Gui was born in May 1965. From 1991 to 1994 he worked in the Policy Research Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. From 1994 to 1997 he worked at the Chinese Embassy in the Russian Federation. From 1997 to 2003 he worked in the MFA's Department of European-Central Asian Affairs. From 2003 to 2009 he again worked in the Chinese Embassy in Moscow. From 2009 to 2017 he returned to the Department of European-Central Asian Affairs.[1]

Ambassadorship

Gui was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Kingdom of Sweden in 2017.[1]

In November 2019 Gui threatened Sweden during an interview with broadcaster Swedish PEN saying that “We treat our friends with fine wine, but for our enemies we got shotguns.” over the decision to award Gui Minhai with the Tucholsky Prize. All eight major Swedish political parties have condemned the Ambassador's threats. On December 4 after the prize had been awarded, Ambassador Gui said that one could not both harm China's interests and benefit economically from China. When asked to clarify his remarks he said that China would impose trade restrictions on Sweden, these remarks were backed up by the Chinese Foreign Ministry in Beijing.[2][3][4] The embassy has systematically worked to influence the reporting on China by Swedish journalists.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Biography of Ambassador GUI Congyou". www.chinaembassy.se. Chinese Foreign Ministry. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  2. Olsson, Jojje. "China Tries to Put Sweden on Ice". thediplomat.com. The Diplomat. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  3. Johan Ahlander, and Cate Cadell, Simon Johnson. "China, Sweden escalate war of words over support for detained bookseller". www.reuters.com. Reuters. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  4. "Sweden honors detained political writer Gui Minhai despite Chinese threats". www.japantimes.co.jp. Japan Times. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  5. "China's large-scale media push: Attempts to influence Swedish media". www.svt.se. SVT. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
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