YU Yingfu is a deputy division director in the Department of Aid to Foreign Countries in the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation. He is responsible for promoting economic and technical cooperation with twelve central and southwestern countries in Africa. He evaluates, defines and organizes these government-assisted projects. He has traveled extensively throughout Africa since he joined the Ministry. From 1992 to 1995, he was third secretary for economic and commercial affairs at the Chinese Embassy in the Republic of Zimbabwe. He has a bachelor's degree in English literature from Xiamen University (1988) and has received additional training in international commercial law.