Fu Ying is the Founding Chairperson of Center for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University (CISS). She is Vice-Chairperson of the Foreign Affairs Committee of China’s 13th National People’s Congress (NPC). 

Fu Ying started her career with China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in 1978 and had long engaged in Asian affairs. She served successively as Director of Division and Counselor in Asian Affairs Department of MFA. In 1992 She joined UN peacekeeping mission in Cambodia. She was appointed Minister Counselor at Chinese Embassy in Indonesia in 1997, Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines in 1998, and Director General of Asian Department of MFA in 2000. She then was appointed Ambassador to Australia (2004-2007), and Ambassador to the United Kingdom (2007-2009). She served as Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs for European Affairs and then for Asian Affairs (2009-2013). Fu Ying was elected deputy to China’s 12th （2013）and  then 13th  (2018) NPC and served as Chairperson of the Foreign Affairs Committee and spokesperson of the 12th NPC (2013-2018).  She took on her current NPC position in 2018.