{{short description|Chinese diplomat|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{family name hatnote|[[Wang (surname)|Wang {{noitalic|(王)}}]]|lang=Chinese}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Wang Guangya | native_name = {{nobold|王光亚}} | native_name_lang = zh-cn | image = Wang Guangya.jpg | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1950|3}} | birth_place = [[Funing County, Jiangsu|Funing County]], Jiangsu, China | alma_mater = [[London School of Economics]]<br />[[Johns Hopkins University]] | party = [[Chinese Communist Party]] | office = Director of the [[Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office]] | term_start = October 2010 | term_end = 22 September 2017 | premier = [[Wen Jiabao]]<br />[[Li Keqiang]] | predecessor = [[Liao Hui (politician)|Liao Hui]] | successor = [[Zhang Xiaoming]] | office1 = [[Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations|Permanent Representative and Ambassador of China to the United Nations]] | term_start1 = August 2003 | term_end1 = September 2008 | predecessor1 = [[Wang Yingfan]] | successor1 = [[Zhang Yesui]] }}
'''Wang Guangya''' (born March 1950; {{lang-zh|s=王光亚|p=Wáng Guāngyà}})<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chinavitae.com/biography/1344|title = China Vitae : Biography of Wang Guangya}}</ref> is a Chinese diplomat who is the former Director of the [[Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office]] of the [[State Council of the People's Republic of China]]. A career diplomat, Wang was previously Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs. He served as Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations from 2003 to 2008.
==Background== ===Education=== Wang studied at Student Center of British Council, at the [[Atlantic College|United World College of the Atlantic]] in [[Wales]], and at the [[London School of Economics]] in [[England]]. He is a graduate from the [[School of Advanced International Studies]] at [[Johns Hopkins University]] in [[Maryland]], United States, in 1982.<ref>{{cite web |work=Johns Hopkins Magazine |title=Alumni News |date=February 2004 |url = http://www.jhu.edu/~jhumag/0204web/alumnews.html }}</ref>
===Family=== Wang is married to [[Chen Yi (communist)|Chen Yi]]'s daughter Cong Jun and has a son.<ref>[http://news.sohu.com/20070925/n252351031.shtml "Sohu"] in Chinese</ref>
==Career== Wang was appointed Permanent Representative to the United Nations on 25 August 2003.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://ir.china-embassy.org/eng/dtxw/t130817.htm | title=中华人民共和国外交部 }}</ref> He was President of the [[United Nations Security Council]] for the month of February 2004. On 3 May 2006, when Britain and France introduced a UN Security Council resolution insisting Iran end [[Iran's nuclear program|its nuclear program]], Wang commented, "I don't think this draft as it stands now will produce good results. I think it's tougher than expected."<ref>{{cite news|publisher=ABC News|title=Britain, France Introduce Iran Resolution|date=3 May 2006|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1920153&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312}}</ref>
According to a September 2006 profile of Wang in ''[[The New York Times Magazine]]'', he was considered the top contender for the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs in Beijing in 2007.<ref>[[James Traub]], [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/03/magazine/03ambassador.html "The World According to China"], ''The New York Times Magazine'', 3 September 2006.</ref>
In October 2010 he became the second post-handover director of the [[Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office]].<ref name="scmp1">''South China Morning Post''. "[http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=037071940e49d210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=Hong+Kong&s=News "Pan-democrats feel slighted by Beijing official"] Retrieved on 2010-01-23</ref> There have only been two directors for the affairs office. Wang spends most of his time in Beijing.<ref name="scmp1" /> Though he did make a three-day visit to Hong Kong in 2011 to address the [[Home Ownership Scheme]] issue. His working style is very different compared to the previous director [[Liao Hui (politician)|Liao Hui]] who kept silent from public and worked in mystery the 13 years he was in charge of Hong Kong.<ref>''South China Morning Post''. June 21, 2011. "Wang's a former diplomat, and it shows"</ref>
==Controversy==
===One country two systems comment=== [[Zhao Lianhai]] was a worker who defended the victims of the [[2008 Chinese milk scandal]]. On 29 December 2010 Wang Guangya said that because of the [[One country, two systems]] Hong Kong should not interfere with the issue. He then made the controversial statement, "well water should not mix with river water" ({{lang-zh|s=井水不犯河水|p=Jǐngshuǐ bùfàn héshuǐ|links=no}}). Pro-Beijing member [[Ip Kwok-him]] then tried to defend the director by saying that Hong Kong citizens were only concerned about mainland affairs, and that they do care about One country two systems as well as the mainland justice system.<ref>RTHK.org. [http://www.rthk.org.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20101229/news_20101229_55_723040.htm "王光亞：趙連海案已妥善解決"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001161226/http://www.rthk.org.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20101229/news_20101229_55_723040.htm |date=1 October 2012 }} Retrieved on 2 December 2010.</ref><ref>RTHK.org. [http://www.rthk.org.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20101229/news_20101229_55_723108.htm "葉國謙：港區人大關心趙連海案 不涉河水井水"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101142837/http://www.rthk.org.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20101229/news_20101229_55_723108.htm |date=1 January 2011 }} Retrieved on 29 December 2010.</ref> [[Chief Secretary for Administration]] [[Henry Tang]] was asked to interpret what the water-river statement meant. He only smiled and did not answer.<ref>HKdailynews.com.hk. "[http://www.hkdailynews.com.hk/news.php?id=140397 "唐英年遊工展會 買豉油蠔油小食"] Retrieved on 2010-12-29.</ref> The phrase was first used by former [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party]] [[Jiang Zemin]] in December 1989 when he met the [[prime minister of the United Kingdom]]. He previously said "Well water should not mix with river water, river water should not mix with well water."<ref>iFeng.com. [http://msn.news.ifeng.com/history/midang/detail_2010_12/09/3424445_0.shtml "回归前江泽民警告港英政府：绝不能你请客我掏钱"] Retrieved on 23 January 2010</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [http://www.chinavitae.com/biography_display.php?id=1344 Wang Guangya biography @ China Vitae, the web's largest online database of China VIPs] * [http://www.china-un.org/eng/gywm/czdbt/wgy/t40636.htm Biography] * [http://www.chinaconsulatesf.org/eng/xw/t84136.htm Princeton University speech in April 2004] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20061206221349/http://chicagosociety.uchicago.edu/china/coverage.htm University of Chicago speech in April 2006] at the University of Chicago's "China and the Future of the World" conference *{{C-SPAN|58678}}
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