Long Yongtu aged 62 became the Independent Non-Executive Director of China Life Insurance Company Limited in 2003 and is also the Secretary General of Boao Asian Forum. Before leaving government in early 2003 Mr. Long served as the Vice Minister and Chief Negotiation Representative of MOFTEC (now the Ministry of Commerce) from 1997 onwards. Mr. Long also served as the Assistant to the Minister Director of International Trade and Economic Affairs and as Director of International Communication in the same ministry. Between 1980 and 1991 Mr. Long served as the Senior Officer with the Regional Project Department of UNDP Deputy Representative of the UNDP North Korean Delegate Office and Deputy Director of China International Center for Economic and Technical Exchanges. A 1965 graduate of the Foreign Language Department of Guizhou University Mr. Long studied at the London School of Economics between 1973 and 1974. |