20th March 2021 – (Beijing) Zhang Jing, a native of Hangzhou is the official translator for the Chinese top officials who was present during the two days of high-level in-person talks between U.S. and China in Alaska recently in which both parties publicly skewered each others’ policies in front of TV cameras.
After 16 minutes of “counterattack” by Chinese officials, Zhang Jing still managed to translate fluently. Many mainland netizens commended her professional performance.
Zhang Jing graduated from Hangzhou Foreign Language School in 2003 and passed the civil service examination, entrance examination, and military training. She was admitted to the English major of China Foreign Affairs University. In 2007, she joined the English Division of the Translation Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China to engage in translation. From 2008 to 2009, she obtained a master’s degree from studying in the U.K. at public expense. Since then, she has undertaken many interpretation and translation tasks for “Party and State Leaders” in foreign affairs activities.
Not only does she have a good appearance, she was also a very intelligent student with excellent academic performance during her university days. When Zhang Jing graduated, the Ministry of foreign affairs recruited more than 200 translators for the first time. Zhang Jing was one of them.
