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{{Short description|Chinese diplomat (born 1953)}}
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{{family name hatnote|[[Wang (surname)|Wang]]|lang=Chinese}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Wang Yi
| native_name         = {{nobold|王毅}}
| native_name_lang    = zh-Hans-CN
| image               = File:Wang Yi (2025) (cropped).jpg
| caption             = Wang in 2025
| office              = Director of the Office of the [[Central Foreign Affairs Commission]]
| term_start          = 1 January 2023
| term_end            = 
| deputy              = 
| 1blankname          = {{nowrap|General Secretary}}
| 1namedata           = [[Xi Jinping]]
| 2blankname          = {{nowrap|Foreign Minister}}
| 2namedata           = [[Qin Gang]]<br />''Himself''
| predecessor         = [[Yang Jiechi]]
| successor           = 
| office1             = [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (China)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]]
| deputy1             = 
| 1blankname1         = {{nowrap|Party Secretary}}
| 1namedata1          = [[Qi Yu]]
| premier1            = [[Li Qiang]]
| term_start1         = 25 July 2023
| term_end1           = 
| predecessor1        = [[Qin Gang]]
| successor1          = 
| status1             = 
| deputy2             = 
| 1blankname2         = {{nowrap|Party Secretary}}
| 1namedata2          = [[Zhang Yesui]]<br />[[Qi Yu]]
| premier2            = [[Li Keqiang]]
| term_start2         = 16 March 2013
| term_end2           = 30 December 2022
| predecessor2        = [[Yang Jiechi]]
| successor2          = [[Qin Gang]]
| office3             = [[State councillor|State Councilor of China]]
| premier3            = [[Li Keqiang]]
| term_start3         = 19 March 2018
| term_end3           = 12 March 2023
| predecessor3        = 
| successor3          = 
| office4             = 8th Director of the [[Taiwan Affairs Office]]
| premier4            = [[Wen Jiabao]]
| term_start4         = 1 June 2008
| term_end4           = 16 March 2013
| predecessor4        = [[Chen Yunlin]]
| successor4          = [[Zhang Zhijun]]
| office5             = [[List of ambassadors of China to Japan|Chinese Ambassador to Japan]]
| term_start5         = 26 September 2004
| term_end5           = 24 September 2007
| predecessor5        = [[Wu Dawei]]
| successor5          = [[Cui Tiankai]]
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1953|10|19|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Beijing]], China
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| relations           = 
| occupation          = Politician
| profession          = Diplomat
| party               = [[Chinese Communist Party]] (1981–present)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Minister |url=https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/wjb_663304/wjbz_663308/ |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=fmprc.gov.cn |archive-date=10 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710114601/https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/wjb_663304/wjbz_663308/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| education           =
[[Beijing International Studies University]] ([[Bachelor of Literature|BLit]])<br>[[Nankai University]] ([[Master of Economics|MEc]])<br>[[China Foreign Affairs University]] ([[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]])
| signature           = Wang Yi signature (2017).svg
| website             = {{URL|http://english.www.gov.cn/statecouncil/state_councilors/202210/24/content_WS635576f8c6d0a757729e19ac.html|www.gov.cn/wangyi}}
}}

'''Wang Yi''' ({{lang-zh|s=王毅|p=Wáng Yì}}; born 19 October 1953) is a Chinese diplomat and politician who has been serving as Director of the [[Chinese Communist Party]] (CCP) [[Central Foreign Affairs Commission|Central Committee Foreign Affairs Commission]] Office since January 2023, and as [[Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] of China since July 2023 (previously from 2013 to 2022).<ref>{{Cite web |last=张 |first=丽青 |year=2022 |orig-date=2022-10-23 |title=中共二十届中央领导机构成员简历 |trans-title=Biographical notes of the members of the 20th Central Governing Body of the Chinese Communist Party |url=https://www.moj.gov.cn/pub/sfbgw/zwgkztzl/2022zt/sdbershida20221013/qwfb20230310/202303/t20230312_474141_8.html |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=[[Ministry of Justice (China)|Ministry of Justice]] |publisher=中华人民共和国司法部 |language=zh |via=新华网 |archive-date=15 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615025010/https://www.moj.gov.cn/pub/sfbgw/zwgkztzl/2022zt/sdbershida20221013/qwfb20230310/202303/t20230312_474141_8.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Wang is a member of the [[20th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party|20th CCP Politburo]]. He previously served as [[State councillor|State Councilor]] of China from 2018 to 2023, as Minister of Foreign Affairs of China from 2013 to 2022, as Director of the State Council [[Taiwan Affairs Office]] from 2008 to 2013, and as [[List of ambassadors of China to Japan|Ambassador of China to Japan]] from 2004 to 2007.

== Early and personal life ==
Wang was born in [[Beijing]]. After graduating from high school in September 1969, he was sent to [[Northeast China]]. He subsequently served in the Northeast Construction Army Corps in [[Heilongjiang|Heilongjiang Province]] for eight years.<ref name="zhongwen">{{cite web |title=王毅显赫背景：岳父陪周恩来走完人生路 {{!}} 文学城 |url=https://www.wenxuecity.com/news/2015/11/20/4725932.html |website=www.wenxuecity.com |date=20 November 2015 |access-date=22 February 2023 |language=zh-Hans |archive-date=22 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222051235/https://www.wenxuecity.com/news/2015/11/20/4725932.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In December 1977, Wang returned to Beijing and in the same year was enrolled in the department of Asian and African Languages of [[Beijing International Studies University]]. He studied [[Japanese language|Japanese]] at the institution, graduating in February 1982 with a bachelor's degree. He is known to speak fluent [[English language|English]] and Japanese.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ford |first1=Peter |title=The new face of Chinese diplomacy: Who is Wang Yi? |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2013/0318/The-new-face-of-Chinese-diplomacy-Who-is-Wang-Yi |access-date=14 May 2020 |work=The Christian Science Monitor |date=18 March 2013 |location=Beijing |archive-date=11 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111221611/https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2013/0318/The-new-face-of-Chinese-diplomacy-Who-is-Wang-Yi |url-status=live }}</ref>

Wang is married and has one daughter.<ref>{{Cite web |title=王毅有多少個子女你知道嗎？外交部首度公佈官員婚姻狀況 |url=https://www.hk01.com/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B/53899/%E7%8E%8B%E6%AF%85%E6%9C%89%E5%A4%9A%E5%B0%91%E5%80%8B%E5%AD%90%E5%A5%B3%E4%BD%A0%E7%9F%A5%E9%81%93%E5%97%8E-%E5%A4%96%E4%BA%A4%E9%83%A8%E9%A6%96%E5%BA%A6%E5%85%AC%E4%BD%88%E5%AE%98%E5%93%A1%E5%A9%9A%E5%A7%BB%E7%8B%80%E6%B3%81 |date=12 November 2016 |access-date=16 April 2025 |website=www.HK01.com |publisher=[[HK01]] |language=zh-Hant}}</ref> His wife, Qian Wei, is the daughter of {{ill|Qian Jiadong|zh|钱嘉东}}, a former diplomatic secretary to [[Premier of China|Premier]] [[Zhou Enlai]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Ng |first=Teddy |date=16 March 2013 |title=Rise of China's new Foreign Minister Wang Yi |work=[[South China Morning Post]] |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1192238/expert-japan-becomes-chinas-new-foreign-minister |access-date=16 April 2025 |archive-date=17 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317212233/http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1192238/expert-japan-becomes-chinas-new-foreign-minister |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Early career (1982–2013) ==
Upon graduation from university, Wang was sent to the Asian section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by his father-in-law Qian Jiadong, where he began his career as a diplomat. In September 1989, he was sent to the [[Embassy of China, Tokyo|Chinese embassy in Japan]] and served there for five years.<ref name = 'zhongwen'/> When he returned to China in March 1994, Wang was appointed as vice section chief of the Asian section of the foreign ministry and was promoted to section chief the next year. From August 1997 to February 1998, Wang was a visiting scholar at the Institute of Foreign Relations of [[Georgetown University]] in the [[United States]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=外交部同事眼中的王毅："他的魅力是这个时代赋予的" – 环球人物 |url=http://paper.people.com.cn/hqrw/html/2016-08/06/content_1726333.htm |access-date=2023-08-07 |website=环球人物 paper.people.com.cn |archive-date=7 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230807145430/http://paper.people.com.cn/hqrw/html/2016-08/06/content_1726333.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=王毅简历-新华网 |url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018lh/2018-03/19/c_1122560948.htm |access-date=2023-08-07 |website=www.xinhuanet.com |archive-date=23 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023035337/http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018lh/2018-03/19/c_1122560948.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Soon after his return, he was promoted to assistant minister and the director of office of policy research. From September 1999, Wang studied international relations at [[China Foreign Affairs University]] and obtained a doctoral degree. In February 2001, Wang was elevated to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, in charge of Asian affairs.

In September 2004, Wang was appointed as China's Ambassador to Japan. He served in this post until September 2007. In June 2008, Wang succeeded [[Chen Yunlin]] as the director of [[Taiwan Affairs Office]] of the [[State Council of the People's Republic of China|State Council]] of China.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chinavitae.com/biography/Wang_Yi%7C416|title=Biography of Wang Yi|publisher=China Vitae|access-date=28 December 2010|archive-date=21 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121025250/https://www.chinavitae.com/biography/Wang_Yi%7c416|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Minister of Foreign Affairs (2013–2022) ==
[[File:Presidenta participa en la ceremonia de firma de documentos junto al Presidente de la República Popular China, Xi Jinping. (30828855600).jpg|thumb|right|Wang signs a document in 2016 under the guidance of Xi Jinping and the President [[Michelle Bachelet]] of Chile; at the other end of the table the Chilean foreign minister is signing the mirror copy]]
On 16 March 2013, during [[2013 National People's Congress|the first session]] of the [[12th National People's Congress]] (NPC), Wang was appointed [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (China)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]], succeeding [[Yang Jiechi]].<ref name="bbc16mar">{{cite news |date=16 March 2013 |title=China People's Congress approves new cabinet |work=[[BBC News]] |publisher= |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-21812057 |url-status=live |access-date=16 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130316230910/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-21812057 |archive-date=16 March 2013}}</ref>

[[Foreign policy of Xi Jinping|China's foreign policy under Xi Jinping's]] has been described as increasingly assertive, even to the point of being dubbed [[Wolf warrior diplomacy]]. In his inaugural press conference as Foreign Affairs Minister in March 2014, Wang characterized this new direction as "proactively striving for achievements to let the world hear of the Chinese solutions and Chinese voices."<ref name=":1" />{{Rp|pages=85–86}} In 2017, Wang's leader described the "Two Guidances", the principles that: (1) China should guide the global community in building a more just and reasonable world order, and (2) that China should guide the global community in safeguarding international security.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Zhao |first=Suisheng |author-link=Suisheng Zhao |title=The Dragon Roars Back: Transformational Leaders and Dynamics of Chinese Foreign Policy |date=2023 |publisher=[[Stanford University Press]] |isbn=978-1-5036-3088-8 |location=Stanford, California |pages= |doi=10.1515/9781503634152 |oclc=1331741429}}</ref>{{Rp|page=240}} Following the "Two Guidances", Wang compared China as the "leading goat" in "guiding the reform of global governance."<ref name=":1" />{{Rp|page=240}}

In July 2016, Wang became an internet celebrity on the Chinese micro-blog [[Sina Weibo]]. A fan club on Weibo devoted to Wang has more than 130,000 followers.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/beimengfu/these-diplomats-are-now-basically-pop-stars-and-its-super-we|title=People Are Super Thirsty Over This Diplomat And It's Kinda Weird|website=[[BuzzFeed]]|access-date=23 July 2016|archive-date=24 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924072603/https://www.buzzfeed.com/beimengfu/these-diplomats-are-now-basically-pop-stars-and-its-super-we|url-status=live}}</ref>

In March 2018, Wang was promoted as a [[State councillor|State Councilor]] by the NPC.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ng |first=Teddy |date=19 March 2018 |title=China promotes foreign minister Wang Yi to state councillor, General Wei Fenghe named defence minister |work=[[South China Morning Post]] |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2137769/china-promotes-foreign-minister-wang-yi-state |access-date=5 July 2023 |archive-date=4 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604000826/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2137769/china-promotes-foreign-minister-wang-yi-state |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Middle East ===
[[File:US and PRC delegation at the 2018 G20 Buenos Aires Summit.jpg|thumb|right|Wang looks on as Xi and Trump face off at the 2018 G20 Buenos Aires Summit]] 
Wang initiated a significant state visit to the [[Middle East]] in December 2013 to visit [[Israel]] and [[Palestine]]. He discussed with leaders of both countries the importance of the nuclear agreement with [[Iran]] and the importance of the continued peace talks, saying "War does not solve the problems. Violence increases the hatred. The peace talks are the appropriate and the only path".<ref>{{cite news |date=19 December 2013 |title=China FM: Iran deal 'first step' toward settling nuclear issue |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/china-fm-iran-deal-first-step-toward-settling-nuclear-issue/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224180606/https://www.timesofisrael.com/china-fm-iran-deal-first-step-toward-settling-nuclear-issue/ |archive-date=24 February 2021 |access-date=14 May 2020 |work=[[The Times of Israel]]}}</ref>

At the 2017 ministerial conference of the [[China–Arab States Cooperation Forum|China-Arab States Cooperation Forum]], Wang emphasized that the development of ports and railways were an important part of exchanges between [[Sino-Arab relations|China and the Arab countries]].<ref name=":13">{{Cite book |last=Zhang |first=Chuchu |title=China's Changing Role in the Middle East: Filling a Power Vacuum? |date=2025 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=978-1-032-76275-3 |series=Changing Dynamics in Asia-Middle East Relations series |location=Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY}}</ref>{{Rp|pages=87-88}}

=== East Asia ===
[[File:Foreign Minister Rau visited Guiyang 2021 (2).jpg|thumb|Wang with Polish foreign minister [[Zbigniew Rau]], 29 May 2021]]
On the evening of 15 April 2018, Wang was received by his Japanese counterpart [[Taro Kono]], on the first such official visit of a foreign minister of China to Japan since November 2009.<ref>{{cite news |date=15 April 2018 |title=China foreign minister Wang Yi visits Japan for talks on North Korea, regional issues |language=en |work=[[The Straits Times]] |agency=AFP |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-foreign-minister-wang-yi-visits-japan-for-talks-on-north-korea-regional-issues |access-date=14 May 2020 |archive-date=4 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200904043257/http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-foreign-minister-wang-yi-visits-japan-for-talks-on-north-korea-regional-issues |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Canadian journalist incident ===
[[File:Wang with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in 2019.jpg|thumb|right|Wang with Brazilian president [[Jair Bolsonaro]], Brasília, 25 July 2019]]
During a joint news conference in [[Ottawa]] on 1 June 2016, with [[Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs]] [[Stéphane Dion]], Wang responded to Canadian reporter Amanda Connolly of online news site ''[[iPolitics]]'' over a question she raised regarding [[human rights in China]], saying "Your question is full of prejudice against China and arrogance ... I don't know where that comes from. This is totally unacceptable," and calling allegations of human rights violations in China "groundless accusations".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Buckley |first=Chris |date=2016-06-02 |title=China's Foreign Minister Castigates Canadian Reporter for Rights Question |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/03/world/asia/canada-china-wang-yi.html |access-date=2023-07-22 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=16 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161016181729/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/03/world/asia/canada-china-wang-yi.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=2 June 2016 |title=China berates Canadian reporter |publisher=[[CNN]] |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2016/06/02/asia/china-canada-wang-yi-journalist/index.html |access-date=14 May 2020 |archive-date=23 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200523141310/https://edition.cnn.com/2016/06/02/asia/china-canada-wang-yi-journalist/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kassam |first1=Ashifa |last2=Phillips |first2=Tom |date=2 June 2016 |title=Chinese minister vents anger when Canadian reporter asks about human rights |work=[[The Guardian]] |location= |url=https://www.theguardian.com/law/2016/jun/02/chinese-foreign-minister-canada-angry-human-rights-question |access-date=13 December 2016 |archive-date=9 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109015440/https://www.theguardian.com/law/2016/jun/02/chinese-foreign-minister-canada-angry-human-rights-question |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Xinjiang internment camps ===
{{Further|Persecution of Uyghurs in China}}
In 2018, Wang said the world should ignore "gossip" about [[Xinjiang internment camps]].<ref>{{cite news |date=27 November 2018 |title=Academics condemn China over Xinjiang camps, urge sanctions |publisher=[[Al Jazeera English|Al Jazeera]] |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/11/academics-condemn-china-xinjiang-camps-urge-sanctions-181127015605193.html |access-date=14 May 2020 |archive-date=14 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914153208/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/11/academics-condemn-china-xinjiang-camps-urge-sanctions-181127015605193.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In March 2021, Wang said that "We welcome more people to visit Xinjiang - seeing is believing. This is the best way to debunk rumours."<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|title='Only Chinese people have a say in China's affairs' - RTHK|url=https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1579244-20210307.htm|access-date=2021-03-16|website=[[RTHK]]|language=en-gb|archive-date=10 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310042454/https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1579244-20210307.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> However, journalists from the British broadcaster [[BBC News|BBC]] claim to have been followed by unmarked cars, chased out of restaurants and shops, and compelled to delete footage while trying to report from Xinjiang.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-01-15 |title=China's pressure and propaganda - the reality of reporting Xinjiang |language=en-GB |publisher=[[BBC News]]|first=John|last=Sudworth |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-55666153 |access-date=2021-03-16 |archive-date=5 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905202822/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-55666153 |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Diplomatic recognition of PRC ===
[[File:Wang Yi and Mohammad Javad Zarif at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran 2021-03-27.jpeg|thumb|Wang and Iranian foreign minister [[Mohammad Javad Zarif]] signed a 25-year strategic cooperation agreement on 27 March 2021]]
During his first tenure as foreign minister, Wang helped facilitate the diplomatic recognition of the People's Republic of China by [[Panama]] in 2017, the [[Dominican Republic]] and [[El Salvador]] in 2018,<ref>{{cite news |last=Kuo |first=Lily |date=21 August 2018 |title=Taiwan vows to stand up to China after El Salvador cuts ties |language=en |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/21/taiwan-further-isolated-as-el-salvador-switches-allegiance-to-china |access-date=21 August 2018 |archive-date=27 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027165311/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/21/taiwan-further-isolated-as-el-salvador-switches-allegiance-to-china |url-status=live }}</ref> and the [[Solomon Islands]] in 2019,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Zheng |first1=Sarah |last2=Chung |first2=Lawrence |date=16 September 2019 |title=Taiwan ends relationship with Solomon Islands after it votes to cut ties |work=[[South China Morning Post]] |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3027420/taiwan-tries-stop-solomon-islands-diplomatic-switch-beijing |access-date=3 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190916064016/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3027420/taiwan-tries-stop-solomon-islands-diplomatic-switch-beijing |archive-date=16 September 2019}}</ref> with all four nations ceasing relations with the [[Republic of China (Taiwan)]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Yu |first=Jess Macy |date=1 May 2018 |title=Taiwan angry as China snatches ally away |language=en |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/taiwan-angry-as-china-snatches-ally-away-20180501-p4zcoy.html |access-date=2 May 2018 |archive-date=2 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502213207/https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/taiwan-angry-as-china-snatches-ally-away-20180501-p4zcoy.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Ramzy |first=Austin |date=1 May 2018 |title=Taiwan's Diplomatic Isolation Increases as Dominican Republic Recognizes China |language=en |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/01/world/asia/taiwan-dominican-republic-recognize.html |access-date=2 May 2018 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=2 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502025514/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/01/world/asia/taiwan-dominican-republic-recognize.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Hong Kong ===
{{See also|2019–2020 Hong Kong protests}}
In March 2021, Wang supported the decision to have only "patriots" rule Hong Kong, stating that "loving Hong Kong and loving the motherland are consistent requirements...in the past 24 years since Hong Kong's [handover], no one has cared more about the [SAR's] democracy, prosperity and stability than the central government."<ref name=":0" />

=== COVID-19 ===
{{Further|COVID-19 misinformation by China}}[[File:Secretary Blinken Meets With Chinese State Counselor and Foreign Minister Wang (52377918472).jpg|thumb|Wang with US Secretary of State [[Antony Blinken]], 23 September 2022]]
It was reported that during Wang's visit to [[Norway]] in August 2020, he said that while China was the first country to report the existence of the virus to the [[World Health Organization]], "it does not mean that the virus originated in China. Actually, for the past months, we have seen reports ... showing that the virus emerged in different parts of the world, and may have emerged earlier than in China".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fouche |first1=Gwladys |date=27 August 2020 |title=Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi casts doubt on coronavirus originating in China |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-norway/senior-chinese-diplomat-wang-yi-casts-doubt-on-coronavirus-originating-in-china-idUSKBN25N313 |access-date=28 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200828211156/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-norway/senior-chinese-diplomat-wang-yi-casts-doubt-on-coronavirus-originating-in-china-idUSKBN25N313 |archive-date=28 August 2020}}</ref>

=== United States ===
On 22 February 2021, Wang urged the [[Presidency of Joe Biden|administration]] of US president [[Joe Biden]] to lift the sanctions on trade and people-to-people contact imposed by his predecessor, [[Donald Trump]]. At the Foreign Ministry forum on [[US-China relations]], he said that the US "must not interfere in the internal affairs of China".<ref>{{Cite news |title=China urges US to lift trade restrictions, stop interference |website=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-beijing-global-trade-tibet-a9038d1fea6606a3d52e96a12a9e4ca2 |access-date=22 February 2021 |archive-date=2 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102225119/https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-beijing-global-trade-tibet-a9038d1fea6606a3d52e96a12a9e4ca2 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Wang criticized the speed and timing of the [[Withdrawal of United States troops from Afghanistan (2020–2021)|withdrawal]] of the American-led [[NATO]] forces from [[Afghanistan]] and urged them to withdraw in a "responsible and orderly manner".<ref>{{Cite news |title=China: Collective Efforts Required to Contain Afghan Insecurity 'Spillover' |website=[[Voice of America]] |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/south-central-asia_china-collective-efforts-required-contain-afghan-insecurity-spillover/6207994.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718055453/https://www.voanews.com/south-central-asia/china-collective-efforts-required-contain-afghan-insecurity-spillover |archive-date=18 July 2021}}</ref>

=== Russia ===
[[File:Vladimir Putin with Wang Yi (2018-04-05) 02.jpg|thumb|Wang with Russian president [[Vladimir Putin]] in 2018]]
On 28 July 2022, Wang attended the meeting of foreign ministers of the [[Shanghai Cooperation Organisation]] (SCO). He met with Russian foreign minister [[Sergey Lavrov]], who praised the "traditional friendship" [[China–Russia relations|between Russia and China]].<ref>{{cite news |date=29 July 2022 |title=Russia's 'traditional friendship' with China remains strong, foreign minister Sergey Lavrov says |work=[[South China Morning Post]] |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3187112/russias-traditional-friendship-china-remains-strong-foreign |access-date=9 January 2023 |archive-date=9 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230109132300/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3187112/russias-traditional-friendship-china-remains-strong-foreign |url-status=live }}</ref> In October 2022, he reaffirmed support for Russia, saying that China will "firmly support Russia, under the leadership of President Putin … to further establish Russia's status as a major power on the international stage".<ref>{{cite news |date=28 October 2022 |title=China reasserts 'firm support' for Russia as Foreign Minister Wang Yi calls Moscow counterpart |work=[[South China Morning Post]]|first=Amber|last=Wang |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3197652/china-reasserts-firm-support-russia-foreign-minister-wang-yi-calls-moscow-counterpart |access-date=9 January 2023 |archive-date=9 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230109142303/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3197652/china-reasserts-firm-support-russia-foreign-minister-wang-yi-calls-moscow-counterpart |url-status=live }}</ref> In December 2022, Wang defended China's position on the [[Russo-Ukrainian War]] and said that China would "deepen strategic mutual trust and mutually beneficial cooperation" with Russia".<ref>{{cite news |date=25 December 2022 |title=China's Foreign Minister Signals Deeper Ties With Russia |work=[[Voice of America]] |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/china-s-foreign-minister-signals-deeper-ties-with-russia-/6890739.html |access-date=9 January 2023 |archive-date=9 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230109142301/https://www.voanews.com/a/china-s-foreign-minister-signals-deeper-ties-with-russia-/6890739.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Director of the Foreign Affairs Commission Office and Foreign Minister (2023–present) ==

In October 2022, following the 1st Plenary Session of the [[20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party|20th CCP National Congress]], Wang became a member of the [[Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party|Politburo of the CCP]], even though he surpassed the informal retirement age of 68, being at the age of 69 at the time. He was succeeded as foreign minister by [[Qin Gang]] on 30 December 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Tian |first1=Yew Lun |last2=Martina |first2=Michael |date=2022-12-30 |title=China promotes its U.S. envoy Qin Gang to foreign minister |language=en |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-appoints-qin-gang-new-foreign-minister-state-radio-2022-12-30/ |url-status=live |access-date=2022-12-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127150814/https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-appoints-qin-gang-new-foreign-minister-state-radio-2022-12-30/ |archive-date=2023-01-27}}</ref> On 1 January 2023, Wang was appointed as the director of the Office of the CCP [[Central Foreign Affairs Commission]], making him China's top diplomat under CCP general secretary [[Xi Jinping]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-01 |title=China's Communist Party Names Wang Yi to Lead Foreign Policy |language=en |work=[[Bloomberg News]] |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-01/china-s-communist-party-names-wang-yi-to-lead-foreign-policy |access-date=2023-01-01 |archive-date=17 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117162409/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-01/china-s-communist-party-names-wang-yi-to-lead-foreign-policy |url-status=live }}</ref> In March 2023, he was succeeded by Qin Gang as State Councilor after [[2023 National People's Congress|the first session]] of the [[14th National People's Congress]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lo |first=Kinling |date=12 March 2023 |title=China's 'two sessions' 2023: Qin Gang named state councillor in latest move marking foreign minister's rapid rise1 |work=[[South China Morning Post]] |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3213256/chinas-two-sessions-2023-qin-gang-named-state-councillor-latest-move-marking-foreign-ministers-rapid |access-date=5 July 2023 |archive-date=4 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230704185018/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3213256/chinas-two-sessions-2023-qin-gang-named-state-councillor-latest-move-marking-foreign-ministers-rapid |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 25 July 2023, Wang was reinstated as foreign minister after Qin Gang's dismissal from the post after a month–long absence from public engagements.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-25 |title=China replaces foreign minister Qin after brief stint and weeks of speculation |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-appoints-wang-yi-its-new-foreign-minister-replacing-absent-qin-gang-2023-07-25/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725114608/https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-appoints-wang-yi-its-new-foreign-minister-replacing-absent-qin-gang-2023-07-25/ |archive-date=25 July 2023 |access-date=25 July 2023 |website=[[Reuters]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang removed from office |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/25/chinas-foreign-minister-qin-gang-removed-from-office |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725113450/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/25/chinas-foreign-minister-qin-gang-removed-from-office |archive-date=25 July 2023 |access-date=2023-07-25 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref> Wang's reappointment as foreign minister made him the first person to hold the post twice.

===Russo-Ukrainian war===
{{Further|China and the Russian invasion of Ukraine}}
In February 2023, Wang announced his peace initiative for the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]] at the [[59th Munich Security Conference]].<ref name="wang23">{{cite news |last1=Wang |first1=Yi |title=MSC 2023: Chinese top diplomat Wang Yi announces peace initiative for Ukraine |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrunZDxYDzo |publisher=BR24 |date=18 February 2023 |access-date=28 February 2023 |archive-date=28 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228051740/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrunZDxYDzo |url-status=live }}</ref> Wang chose to have his [[Chargé d'affaires]] {{ill|Dai Bing|zh|戴兵}} not present his peace plan at the 18th plenary meeting of the [[eleventh emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly]]. He decided to have Dai mention his peace plan only by passing reference at the UN Security Council Briefing on Ukraine the next day, 24 February 2023.<ref name="daipp">{{cite news |last1=Dai |first1=Bing |title=Remarks by Chargé d'affaires Ambassador Dai Bing at the UN Security Council Briefing on Ukraine |url=http://un.china-mission.gov.cn/eng/hyyfy/202302/t20230225_11031469.htm |publisher=Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of China to the UN |date=24 February 2023 |access-date=28 February 2023 |archive-date=28 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228082803/http://un.china-mission.gov.cn/eng/hyyfy/202302/t20230225_11031469.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

While the plan attracted support from Hungarian prime minister [[Viktor Orbán]], NATO Secretary-General [[Jens Stoltenberg]] said that the plan "doesn't have much credibility because [the Chinese] have not been able to condemn the illegal invasion of Ukraine."<ref name="wpp">{{cite news |last1=Preussen |first1=Wilhelmine |date=27 February 2023 |title=Orbán backs China's Ukraine peace plan |work=[[Politico Europe]] |publisher= |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/viktor-orban-hungary-ukraine-china-peace-plan-russia-invasion/ |access-date=1 March 2023 |archive-date=16 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316172428/https://www.politico.eu/article/viktor-orban-hungary-ukraine-china-peace-plan-russia-invasion/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 23 July 2024, the Ukrainian foreign minister [[Dmytro Kuleba]] visited China for talks ways to achieve a peaceful end to the war with Russia. This was the first such bilateral visit since 2012.<ref name=reuters-20240723>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/ukraines-foreign-minister-arrives-china-discuss-fair-peace-2024-07-23/ |title=Ukraine's foreign minister arrives in China to discuss 'fair peace' |last1=Dysa |first1=Yuliia |last2=Balmforth |first2=Tom |publisher=Reuters |url-access=limited |date=23 July 2024 |access-date=24 July 2024}}</ref><ref name=ukrn-20240724>{{cite news |url=https://ukranews.com/en/news/1021966-just-peace-in-ukraine-corresponds-to-strategic-interests-of-china-kuleba |title=Just peace in Ukraine corresponds to strategic interests of China - Kuleba |last=Zubkova |first=Daria |website=Ukrainian News |date=24 July 2024 |access-date=24 July 2024 |archive-date=24 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240724144741/https://ukranews.com/en/news/1021966-just-peace-in-ukraine-corresponds-to-strategic-interests-of-china-kuleba |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Apparent advocacy for the establishment of an East Asian alliance ===
On 3 July 2023, at the 2023 International Forum for Trilateral Cooperation in [[Qingdao]], Wang made remarks during a speech towards the participating Japanese and South Korean audience where he called for [[China–Japan–South Korea trilateral summit|Japan and South Korea to work together with China]] to "[[Economy of East Asia|prosper together]], revitalize [[East Asia]], revitalize Asia and benefit the world" and said that "most [[European American|American]]s and Europeans can't tell [[China]], [[Japan]] and [[South Korea]] apart" and that "no matter how [[Blue-eyed blonde|blonde]] you dye your hair, how sharp you shape your [[Aquiline nose|nose]], you can never become a [[Ethnic groups in Europe|European]] or [[European American|American]], you can never become a [[White people|Westerner]]." before further adding they must know where their "roots lie."<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-07-04 |title=Remember your 'roots', China tells neighbors |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/2605135/remember-your-roots-china-tells-neighbours |access-date=July 4, 2023 |website=[[Bangkok Post]] |archive-date=26 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230726035407/https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/2605135/remember-your-roots-china-tells-neighbours |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Gan |first=Nectar |date=2023-07-04 |title='You can never become a Westerner:' China's top diplomat urges Japan and South Korea to align with Beijing and 'revitalize Asia' |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/04/china/wang-yi-china-japan-south-korea-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=July 4, 2023 |website=[[CNN]] |archive-date=4 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230704182744/https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/04/china/wang-yi-china-japan-south-korea-intl-hnk/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Israel===
On 13 October 2023, during the [[Gaza war]], [[Israel|Israel's]] [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Israel)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] expressed "deep disappointment" over China's failure to condemn the Palestinian militant group [[Hamas]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-10-13 |title=Israel says 'deeply disappointed' over lack of China condemnation of Hamas attack |language=en |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/israel-says-deeply-disappointed-over-lack-china-condemnation-hamas-attack-2023-10-13/ |archive-date=2023-10-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014012456/https://www.reuters.com/world/israel-says-deeply-disappointed-over-lack-china-condemnation-hamas-attack-2023-10-13/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In response, Wang Yi stated that in [[Gaza Strip|Gaza]], "Israel’s actions have gone beyond self-defense."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tan |first=Clement |date=2023-10-16 |title=China says Israel's actions in Gaza are 'beyond self defense' as U.S. races to avert wider conflict |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/16/china-says-israels-actions-in-gaza-have-gone-beyond-self-defense.html |website=[[CNBC]] |language=en |access-date=18 October 2023 |archive-date=16 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016024403/https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/16/china-says-israels-actions-in-gaza-have-gone-beyond-self-defense.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 16 October, Wang called for a ceasefire in Gaza, stating that "it is imperative that a ceasefire be put in place, that the two sides be brought back to the negotiating table, and that an emergency humanitarian channel be established to prevent a further humanitarian disaster."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/russias-lavrov-discusses-middle-east-crisis-ukraine-with-chinas-wang-yi-2023-10-16/|title=China calls for ceasefire in Israel, suggests mediation at meeting with Russia|language=en |work=[[Reuters]] |date=2023-10-16|access-date=2024-12-03|archive-date=2023-10-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021080639/https://www.reuters.com/world/russias-lavrov-discusses-middle-east-crisis-ukraine-with-chinas-wang-yi-2023-10-16/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Press conference on 7 March 2025===
On 7 March 2025, at a press conference on the sidelines of the [[Two Sessions]] of the [[14th National People's Congress]], Wang stated "Chinese diplomacy will stand firm on the right side of history and the side of human progress" and "no maximum pressure, threat or blackmail can undermine the unity of the 1.4 billion people or stop our historic stride towards the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation." When asked how China will engage with the [[second Trump administration]], he stated "no country should fantasise that it can suppress China and maintain good relations with China at the same time."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/6-key-takeaways-from-chinas-top-diplomat-wang-yis-press-conference-at-the-two-sessions|title=6 key takeaways from China's top diplomat Wang Yi's press conference at the Two Sessions|first=Michelle|last=Ng|date=2025-03-07|newspaper=The Straits Times|access-date=2025-03-09}}</ref> At the same press conference, Wang stated that [[Taiwan]] can only be referred to as "[[Taiwan, Province of China]]" and the [[United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758 (XXVI)|United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758]] settled the matter of China’s representation, including Taiwan, at the UN and entirely ruled out the prospect of “[[two Chinas]]” or “one China, one Taiwan.” He stated that those who support [[Taiwanese independence]] attempt to "interfere in China’s internal affairs, divide the country and disrupt [[cross-strait relations|cross-strait stability]]." In response to Wang's comments on Taiwan, Taiwan's [[Mainland Affairs Council]] issued a statement stating that UNGA Resolution 2758 neither names Taiwan nor asserts that it is part of the People's Republic of China and did not authorize China to represent Taiwan and the Taiwanese in the UN system. [[Foreign Minister of the Republic of China|Foreign Minister of Taiwan]] [[Lin Chia-lung]] also responded that numerous countries, mainly Western democracies, have already established that UNGA Resolution 2758 primarily targets China’s participation at the UN and does not mention Taiwan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2025/03/08/2003833069|title=Taiwan rejects China's UN claim|newspaper=Taipei Times|first1=Li-hua|last1=Chung|first2=Esme|last2=Yeh|date=2025-03-08|access-date=2025-03-09}}</ref>

==Awards and decorations==
*{{flag|Hungary}}: Commander's Cross with Star of the [[Hungarian Order of Merit]] (2021)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://hungarytoday.hu/szijjarto-wang-yi-hungary-order-of-merit-china-sinopharm/|title=FM Szijjártó Decorates Chinese Counterpart for 'Proving His Friendship with Hungary' During Covid|newspaper=Hungary Today|date=2021-05-31|access-date=2023-04-22|archive-date=22 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422034352/https://hungarytoday.hu/szijjarto-wang-yi-hungary-order-of-merit-china-sinopharm/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*{{flag|Kyrgyzstan}}: Order of Danaker (2016)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://eurasianet.org/kyrgyzstan-bishkek-hopes-chinese-investment-can-produce-industrial-breakthrough|title=Kyrgyzstan: Bishkek Hopes Chinese Investment Can Produce Industrial Breakthrough|first=Anna|last=Lelik|newspaper=[[Eurasianet]]|date=2016-06-22|access-date=2022-08-09|archive-date=8 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908114915/https://eurasianet.org/kyrgyzstan-bishkek-hopes-chinese-investment-can-produce-industrial-breakthrough|url-status=live}}</ref>
*{{flag|Mongolia}}: [[Order of the Polar Star (Mongolia)|Order of the Polar Star]] (2004)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/web/gjhdq_676201/gj_676203/yz_676205/1206_676740/xgxw_676746/200407/t20040706_9298993.shtml|title=蒙古总统巴嘎班迪向唐家璇等三人授勋|newspaper=fmprc.gov.cn|language=zh|date=2004-07-06|access-date=2023-04-22|archive-date=22 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422034351/https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/web/gjhdq_676201/gj_676203/yz_676205/1206_676740/xgxw_676746/200407/t20040706_9298993.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
*{{flag|Pakistan}}: [[Hilal-e-Pakistan]] (2015)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.suchtv.pk/pakistan/general/item/18997-president-mamnoon-confers-hilal-e-pakistan-on-chinese-fm.html|title=President Mamnoon confers 'Hilal-e-Pakistan' on Chinese FM|newspaper=[[SUCH TV]]|date=2015-02-12|access-date=2022-08-09|archive-date=8 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908114923/https://www.suchtv.pk/pakistan/general/item/18997-president-mamnoon-confers-hilal-e-pakistan-on-chinese-fm.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*{{flag|Uruguay}}: [[Medal of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay]], twice (2016 and 2018)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.impo.com.uy/bases/resoluciones/760-2016|title=Resolución N° 760/016|language=es|date=2016-07-10|newspaper=Centro de Información Oficial (IMPO)|access-date=2023-04-22|archive-date=13 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513101538/https://www.impo.com.uy/bases/resoluciones/760-2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.impo.com.uy/bases/resoluciones/94-2018|title=Resolución N° 94/018|language=es|date=2018-03-15|newspaper=Centro de Información Oficial (IMPO)|access-date=2023-04-22|archive-date=19 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119060953/https://www.impo.com.uy/bases/resoluciones/94-2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of current foreign ministers]]
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==External links==
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