DHAKA, Jan 29, 2024 (BSS) - Dr Jiaoqun Shi has joined as the new Representative for Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Bangladesh.

Today Dr Shi submitted his credential to Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud at the office of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a FAO press release said.

Dr Shi, a national of China, holds a Master of Laws and a Bachelor of Arts in History from Wuhan University, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Law from the National Academy of Governance in China.

He joined FAO in 2019 as Senior Compliance Advisor to the Deputy Director-General at FAO Headquarters in Rome, Italy and since January 2021, he had been serving as Special Adviser at the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (RAP) in Bangkok, Thailand.

Dr Jiaoqun Shi started his career in 1988 as Researcher in the Xiangfan Prefecture, Government of China, in Xiangfan, China. From 1996 to 2004, he served as Deputy Director of Personnel in the Appointment Division at the Ministry of Finance in Beijing, China.
 
Between 2007 and 2010, he was Director of the General Division at the Ministry of Finance in Beijing, China. In 2009, he worked as Deputy Prefecture Governor for the Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture Government in Xiangxi, China.

From 2010 to 2016, he served as Deputy Director-General of the General Office at the Ministry of Finance in Beijing, China. Between 2016 and 2019, he was Deputy Representative at the Permanent Representation of the People's Republic of China to the three United Nations Rome-based Agencies (RBAs) in Rome.

Dr Jiaoqun Shi, FAO Representative in Bangladesh, will lead the planning and implementation of FAO programmes in Bangladesh.