Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 17 — In accordance with the decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, Xi Jinping, President of the People's Republic of China, has appointed and removed the following ambassadors abroad:

1. Remove Zhou Jian from the post of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the State of Qatar;

Appoint Cao Xiaolin as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the State of Qatar.

2. Remove Guo Wei (female) from the post of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of Seychelles;

Appoint Lin Nan (female) as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of Seychelles.

3. Remove Qi Mei (female) from the post of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea;

Appoint Wang Wengang as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea.

4. Remove Zhou Ding from the post of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of Albania;

Appoint Pang Chunxue (female) as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of Albania.

5. Remove Li Ming from the post of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to Solomon Islands;

Appoint Cai Weiming as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to Solomon Islands.

6. Remove Chao Xiaoliang from the post of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Independent State of Samoa;

Appoint Fei Mingxing as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Independent State of Samoa.

7. Remove Huang Yazhong from the post of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Plurinational State of Bolivia;

Appoint Wang Liang as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Plurinational State of Bolivia.