Biography of Lin Difu

Mr. Lin Difu, born in Guangdong Province January 1953, Bachelor degree

1977-1983    Staff member, International Exchanges Division, Department of
                      Culture of Guangdong Province

1983-1991    Deputy Director and then Director, International Exchanges
                      Division, Department of Culture of Guangdong Province

1991-1994    First Secretary, Chinese Embassy to UK

1994-1996    Director, International Exchanges Division and then Director,
                      Taiwan Affairs Division, Department of Culture of Guangdong Province

1996-1997    General Manager, Guangdong Antique Store

1997-2000    Deputy Director General, Department of Culture of Guangdong Province

2000-2002    Counselor, Chinese Embassy to Canada

2002-2004    Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s
                      Republic of China to Botswana

2005-            Deputy Director General, Foreign Affairs Office of the People’s
                      Government of Guangdong Province
                      Vice President, Guangdong People's Association for Friendship
                      with Foreign Countries

(Completed a program on Senior Government Executives at Kennedy School
of Government, Harvard University in 1999)