| Office1: | Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria | ||
| Term Start1: | August 2024 | ||
| Predecessor1: | Cui Jianchun | ||
| Office2: | Chinese Ambassador to Malta | ||
| Term Start2: | December 2020 | ||
| Term End2: | June 2024 | ||
| Predecessor2: | Jiang Jiang | ||
| Office3: | Deputy Director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs | ||
| 1Namedata3: | Liu Jianchao Lu Kang Hua Chunying | ||
| Predecessor3: | Hua Chunying | ||
| Termstart3: | July 2019 | ||
| Termend3: | December 2020 | ||
| Alongside3: | Wang Wenbin and Zhao Lijian | ||
| Yu Dunhai | |||
| Native Name: | 于敦海 | ||
| Native Name Lang: | zh | ||
| Birth Place: | Jimo, Shandong, China (present-day Jimo District in Qingdao, Shandong, China) | ||
| Party: | Chinese Communist Party | ||
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Yu Dunhai (; born September 1973) is a Chinese diplomat, currently serving as Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, in office since August 2024. He previously served as the Chinese Ambassador to Malta from 2020 to 2024 and deputy director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China from 2019 to 2020.
Yu was born in the city of Jimo in Shandong, in 1973. He graduated from Renmin University.[1]
In 1998, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China and from 1998 to 2001, he served as staff member and attaché of the Arms Control Department within the ministry. From 2001 to 2005, he served as the attaché and third secretary of the Permanent Mission to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. From 2005 to 2010, Yu was the third secretary and deputy director of the Arms Control Department. He served as second secretary, first secretary and counselor at the Embassy of China in the United States, from 2010 to 2016.[1] [2]
Upon his arrival from the United States in 2016, he was appointed as counsellor of the Information Department within the ministry. During his tenure, he served as the director of the press center of the 2017 BRICS Summit in Xiamen, China. In 2018, he was appointed as the deputy director-general of the Information Department, succeeding Hua Chunying. While in this position, he served as press director at the 2018 Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Qingdao, China.[3] [4] [5]
In December 2020, he was appointed as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Malta. During his tenure, a China pavilion consisting of Chinese art and cultural exhibits, was featured at Malta's first art biennale held at Fort Saint Elmo in 2024.[6] In a 2022 op-ed for Times of Malta, Yu wrote that the China and Malta friendship has "gone from strength to strength and continues to renew its vigour."[7] He resigned from the position in June 2024 and in the August of the same year, he was appointed as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Nigeria.[8] [9]
He is married and has a daughter.[1]