# Hou Yanqi

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{{short description|Chinese diplomat}}
{{family name hatnote|[Hou](/source/Hou_(surname))|lang=Chinese}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name         = Hou Yanqi
| image        = 中国驻尼泊尔大使唱尼泊尔民歌.jpg
| caption      =
| office       = [Chinese Ambassador to ASEAN](/source/List_of_ambassadors_of_China_to_ASEAN)
| term_start   = December 2022
| term_end     = November 2025
| predecessor  = [Deng Xijun](/source/Deng_Xijun)
| successor    = Wang Qing
| office1      = [Chinese Ambassador to Nepal](/source/Chinese_Ambassador_to_Nepal)
| term_start1  = December 2018
| term_end1    = October 2022
| predecessor1 = [Yu Hong](/source/Yu_Hong_(ambassador))
| successor1   = [Chen Song](/source/Chen_Song)
| birth_date   = {{birth year and age|1970|03}}<ref name=t1019948>{{Cite web|url=http://np.china-embassy.org/eng/EmbassyInfo/Bioam/t1019948.htm|title=Curriculum Vitae of Ms Hou Yanqi|website=np.china-embassy.org}}</ref>
| birth_place  = [Qingxu County](/source/Qingxu_County), [Shanxi](/source/Shanxi), China<ref name=t1019948/>
| death_date   = 
| death_place  = 
| party        = [Chinese Communist Party](/source/Chinese_Communist_Party)
| occupation   = [Diplomat](/source/Diplomat)
| alma_mater   = [Peking University](/source/Peking_University)<ref name=beijing-proposes-new-ambassador/> 
}}
{{Infobox Chinese
| s = 侯艳琪
| t = 侯艷琪
| p = Hóu Yànqí
}}
'''Hou Yanqi''' ({{lang-zh|s=侯艳琪}}; March 1970) is a Chinese [diplomat](/source/diplomat). From 2018 to 2022 she served as the [Ambassador to Nepal](/source/Chinese_Ambassador_to_Nepal) and from 2022 to 2025 as Ambassador to [ASEAN](/source/ASEAN).

== Biography ==
Hou was born in [Qingxu County](/source/Qingxu_County), [Taiyuan](/source/Taiyuan), [Shanxi](/source/Shanxi) province, China in 1970.

== Career ==
Hou has served at the [Ministry of Foreign Affairs](/source/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_of_the_People's_Republic_of_China) since 1996, prior to being appointed ambassador, she was the deputy director general, focusing on [South Asia](/source/South_Asia)n affairs. She has also been stationed in Pakistan and as the consul of the [Chinese Consulate-General](/source/Chinese_Consulate-General%2C_Los_Angeles) in Los Angeles.<ref name=beijing-proposes-new-ambassador>{{Cite web|url=https://kathmandupost.com/miscellaneous/2018/11/19/beijing-proposes-new-ambassador|title=Beijing proposes new ambassador|website=kathmandupost.com}}</ref> From 2018 to 2022 she served as Ambassador to Nepal. On 22 December 2022 she was sworn in as Ambassador to ASEAN.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-22 |title=Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to ASEAN Hou Yanqi presented her Letter of Credence to Secretary-General of ASEAN |url=https://asean.org/ambassador-of-the-peoples-republic-of-china-to-asean-hou-yanqi-presented-her-letter-of-credence-to-secretary-general-of-asean/ |access-date=2022-12-23 |website=asean.org}}</ref> In November 2025, she bid her farewell to the [ASEAN Secretary General](/source/Secretary-General_of_ASEAN), effectively ending her role.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-11-12 |title=Secretary-General of ASEAN bids farewell to the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to ASEAN |url=https://asean.org/secretary-general-of-asean-bids-farewell-to-the-ambassador-of-the-peoples-republic-of-china-to-asean/ |access-date=2026-01-18 |website=ASEAN Main Portal |language=en-US}}</ref> In December 2025 she was appointed director of the Department of Boundary and Ocean Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, succeeding Hong Liang.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_32252308|title=中国驻东盟大使侯艳琪已任外交部边界与海洋事务司司长|date=2025-12-25}}</ref>

She has been noted for her use of Twitter to increase the [soft power of China](/source/soft_power_of_China).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/1835424/lol-chinas-informal-confrontational-twitter-diplomacy|title='LOL!': China's informal, confrontational Twitter diplomacy|newspaper=Bangkok Post}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://english.khabarhub.com/2019/24/64056/|title=Chinese Ambassador's Twitter diplomacy: 'Follow me, get free movie tickets'|date=24 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Diplomacy, in 280 characters or less|author=Tsering D Gurung|date=26 June 2019|url=https://kathmandupost.com/politics/2019/06/25/diplomacy-in-280-characters-or-less}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theprint.in/opinion/global-print/modi-govts-flip-flops-widened-the-gap-between-india-and-nepal-chinese-are-filling-it-fast/433737/|title=Modi govt's flip flops widened the gap between India and Nepal. Chinese are filling it fast|first=Jyoti|last=Malhotra|date=2 June 2020}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Hou is married and has one son.<ref name=t1019948/> She speaks [Urdu](/source/Urdu),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/opinion/chinese-minister-kezhis-visit-india-definite-tibet-focus|title=Chinese minister Kezhi's visit to India had definite Tibet focus}}</ref> which she majored at [Peking University](/source/Peking_University).<ref name=beijing-proposes-new-ambassador/>

==See also==
* [China-Nepal relations](/source/China-Nepal_relations)

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Category:Living people
Category:1970 births
Category:Ambassadors of China to Nepal
Category:Peking University alumni
Category:People from Taiyuan

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