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{{Short description|American consulate in Sichuan, China}}
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{{Infobox diplomatic mission
| name = Consulate General of the United States, Chengdu
| image = USCG-Chengdu.jpg
| location = {{flagicon|China}} [[Chengdu]], [[Sichuan]], [[China]]
| address = No. 4 Lingshiguan Road, [[Wuhou District]], Chengdu (since August 2, 1993)
| coord = {{coord|30|37|37|N|104|03|58|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| opened_date = {{start date|1985|10|16}}
| closing_date = {{end date|2020|07|27}}
| consul = Jim Mullinax (last)
| website = {{oweb|https://china.usembassy-china.org.cn/embassy-consulates/chengdu/}}
}}
{{Chinese
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| s = 美国驻成都总领事馆
| t = 美國駐成都總領事館
| p = Měiguó zhù Chéngdū Zǒnglǐngshìguǎn
| w = Mei-kuo chu Ch'eng-tu Tsung-ling-shih-kuan
| l = Consulate General of the United States, Chengdu
}}
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The '''Consulate General of the United States, Chengdu''' ({{zh|first=s|s=美国驻成都总领事馆}}) was a [[List of diplomatic missions of the United States|diplomatic mission]] in [[Wuhou District]], [[Chengdu]], China from 1985 to 2020.<ref>[https://chengdu.usembassy-china.org.cn/warden_message/security-message-about-recent-protests-at-emei-mountain--july-8-2014.html Security Message about Recent Protests at Emei Mountain] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518082324/https://chengdu.usembassy-china.org.cn/warden_message/security-message-about-recent-protests-at-emei-mountain--july-8-2014.html |date=May 18, 2015 }}July 8, 2014 (). U.S. Consulate in Chengdu. Retrieved on May 17, 2015. "The U.S. Consulate General in Chengdu Number 4, Lingshiguan Road Wuhou District, Chengdu 610041"</ref>


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The '''Consulate General of the United States, Chengdu''' ({{zh|first=s|s=美国驻成都总领事馆|t=美國駐成都總領事館|p=Měiguó zhù Chéngdū Zǒnglǐngshìguǎn}}) is a [[List of diplomatic missions of the United States|diplomatic mission]] in [[Wuhou District]], [[Chengdu]].<ref>[https://chengdu.usembassy-china.org.cn/warden_message/security-message-about-recent-protests-at-emei-mountain--july-8-2014.html Security Message about Recent Protests at Emei Mountain] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518082324/https://chengdu.usembassy-china.org.cn/warden_message/security-message-about-recent-protests-at-emei-mountain--july-8-2014.html |date=May 18, 2015 }}July 8, 2014 (). U.S. Consulate in Chengdu. Retrieved on May 17, 2015. "The U.S. Consulate General in Chengdu Number 4, Lingshiguan Road Wuhou District, Chengdu 610041"</ref>
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This was one of seven American diplomatic and consular posts in China.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://chengdu.usembassy-china.org.cn/about_the_consulate/history-of-the-consulate.html |title=History of the Consulate &#124; Consulate General of the United States Chengdu, China |access-date=2013-06-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513163929/http://chengdu.usembassy-china.org.cn/about_the_consulate/history-of-the-consulate.html |archive-date=May 13, 2013 }}</ref> The consular district included the provinces of [[Sichuan]], [[Yunnan]], and [[Guizhou]], the [[Tibet Autonomous Region]], and the prefecture-level city of [[Chongqing]].


[[File:USCG-Chengdu.jpg|thumb|The building of the consulate ]]
On February 6, 2012, the Consulate General was the scene of the [[Wang Lijun incident]].{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}


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This is one of seven American diplomatic and consular posts in [[China]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://chengdu.usembassy-china.org.cn/about_the_consulate/history-of-the-consulate.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-06-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513163929/http://chengdu.usembassy-china.org.cn/about_the_consulate/history-of-the-consulate.html |archivedate=May 13, 2013 }}</ref> The consular district includes the provinces of [[Sichuan]], [[Yunnan]], and [[Guizhou]], the [[Tibet Autonomous Region]], and the prefecture-level city of [[Chongqing]].
On July 24, 2020, the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China]] informed the [[Embassy of the United States, Beijing|US Embassy in China]] of its decision to withdraw its consent for the establishment and operation of the US Consulate General in Chengdu,{{citation needed|date=November 2021}} in response to the United States government's decision to close the [[Chinese Consulate-General, Houston|Chinese Consulate General in Houston]].


On July 27, 2020, the U.S. Consulate General in Chengdu was closed.<ref name=":0" />
On 6 February 2012, the Consulate General was the scene of the [[Wang Lijun incident]].


In 1985, each of the offices was covered by one American officer. The Consulate today has grown to 130 total staff. Approximately 100 of these are locally hired professional Chinese staff.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}
[[File:U.S. Embassy and Consular Districts in China.png|thumb|Area in orange color denotes the [[consular district]] of Consulate General Chengdu]]


==History==
==History==
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In 1985, each of the offices was covered by one American officer. The Consulate today has grown to 130 total staff. Approximately 100 of these are locally hired professional Chinese staff.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}
In 1985, each of the offices was covered by one American officer. The Consulate today has grown to 130 total staff. Approximately 100 of these are locally hired professional Chinese staff.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}

On July 24, 2020, China revoked the license for the U.S. General Consulate in Chengdu, and ordered the general consulate to cease operations.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cheng|first=Evelyn|date=2020-07-24|title=China orders U.S. to close consulate in Chengdu|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/24/china-orders-us-to-close-consulate-in-chengdu.html|access-date=2020-07-24|website=CNBC|language=en}}</ref> This is in retaliation for the closure of the [[Chinese Consulate-General, Houston|Chinese consulate-general in Houston, Texas]] on July 22, 2020.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-07-23|title=US orders China to close Houston consulate|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53497193|access-date=2020-07-24}}</ref>

The consulate was closed at 10:00 AM on July 27, 2020. Afterwards, Chinese authorities entered through the front entrance and took it over.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=US consulate in Chengdu officially shuts in retaliation for Houston closure|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/26/asia/chengdu-us-consulate-china-closure-intl-hnk/index.html|access-date=2020-09-26|website=www.cnn.com|date=July 27, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>


==Bo Xilai corruption scandal==
==Bo Xilai corruption scandal==
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}}</ref> where he remained for around 24 hours, amid rumors of political infighting with Chongqing Communist Party secretary [[Bo Xilai]], sparking off the [[Wang Lijun incident]] which led to Bo's eventual ouster and trial.<ref>{{cite web| title=China charges Bo Xilai with corruption, paves way for trial| author=Megha Rajagopalan| publisher=[[Reuters]]| access-date=12 November 2013| url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-politics-bo-idUSBRE96O01U20130725| date=25 July 2013| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029173035/http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/25/us-china-politics-bo-idUSBRE96O01U20130725| archive-date=29 October 2013}}</ref>
}}</ref> where he remained for around 24 hours, amid rumors of political infighting with Chongqing Communist Party secretary [[Bo Xilai]], sparking off the [[Wang Lijun incident]] which led to Bo's eventual ouster and trial.<ref>{{cite web| title=China charges Bo Xilai with corruption, paves way for trial| author=Megha Rajagopalan| publisher=[[Reuters]]| access-date=12 November 2013| url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-politics-bo-idUSBRE96O01U20130725| date=25 July 2013| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029173035/http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/25/us-china-politics-bo-idUSBRE96O01U20130725| archive-date=29 October 2013}}</ref>


==Closure==
==Consuls General==
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The current Consul General is Jim Mullinax.<ref>[http://chengdu.usembassy-china.org.cn/consul_general.html Consul General] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150618193853/http://chengdu.usembassy-china.org.cn/consul_general.html |date=2015-06-18 }}</ref>
On the morning of July 24, 2020, local time, "the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China]] informed the [[Embassy of the United States, Beijing|US Embassy in China]] of its decision to withdraw its consent for the establishment and operation of the US Consulate General in Chengdu. The Ministry also made specific requirements on the ceasing of all operations and events by the Consulate General."<ref>{{cite web| title=China's Foreign Ministry Telling US to Close its Consulate General in Chengdu| publisher=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the People's Republic of China]]| access-date=24 July 2020| url=https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/zxxx_662805/t1800369.shtml|date=24 July 2020}}</ref> The move was a response to the United States government's to close [[Chinese Consulate-General, Houston|its consulate in Houston]] on grounds of national security.<ref>{{cite news |title=China tells US to close consulate in Chengdu in growing spat |url=https://apnews.com/5979db970a71ec5a0fdd3ba6ac92e03d |access-date=24 July 2020 |work=AP NEWS |date=24 July 2020}}</ref> Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman [[Wang Wenbin]] said that some Chengdu consulate personnel were "conducting activities not in line with their identities" and "had harmed China’s security interests", but would not elaborate.<ref>{{cite news |title=U.S. officials won't say whether they will comply with China order to close Chengdu consulate |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/24/us-officials-would-not-say-if-they-would-close-consulate-in-chengdu-china.html |publisher=CNBC |date=Jul 24, 2020}}</ref> The White House had urged China earlier in the day to not engage in "tit-for-tat retaliation."<ref>{{cite news |title=China tells U.S. to close consulate in Chengdu in growing spat |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/u-s-consulate-chengdu-china-1.5661427 |agency=AP and Reuters |publisher=CBC |date=Jul 24, 2020}}</ref>


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Previous Consuls General are:
In immediate reaction to the news of the closure, global stock indexes dropped.<ref>{{cite news| title=Markets fall as China closes US consulate in response to Houston move |url=https://www.ft.com/content/19cd7828-23c2-4cf1-9650-2ee24f636f13 |access-date=24 July 2020 |work=[[Financial Times]] |date=24 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| title=Global stocks tumble as China tensions escalate and the US economy struggles |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/24/investing/global-stocks-china-us/index.html |access-date=24 July 2020 |work=[[CNN]] |date=24 July 2020}}</ref> On July 27, 2020, the national flag of US was lowered at the Consulate General in Chengdu at 6:18 AM local time by a detachment of US Marine Security Guards assigned with the role of protecting US missions in China.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.sina.com.cn/c/2020-07-27/doc-iivhuipn5249470.shtml|title=美国驻成都总领事馆美国国旗已降下|publisher=[[Sina Corp|Sina]]|language=zh|date=2020-07-27|access-date=2020-07-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/27/us-departs-chengdu-consulate-in-china.html|title=Flag lowered as U.S. departs Chengdu consulate in China|publisher=[[CNBC]]h|date=2020-07-27|access-date=2020-07-27}}</ref>

==Consuls General==
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Historical Consuls General were:


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* Raymond Greene (2014-2017)
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* [[Jim Mullinax]] (2017-2020)<ref>[http://chengdu.usembassy-china.org.cn/consul_general.html Consul General] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150618193853/http://chengdu.usembassy-china.org.cn/consul_general.html |date=2015-06-18 }}</ref>
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* Peter Haymond (2011-2014)
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* [[Raymond Greene (US diplomat)|Raymond Greene]] (2014-2017)
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* [[Peter Haymond]] (2011-2014)
* David E. Brown (2009-2010)
* David E. Brown (2009-2010)
* James Boughner (2006-2009)
* James Boughner (2006-2009)

Revision as of 10:56, 15 January 2023

The Consulate General of the United States, Chengdu (simplified Chinese: 美国驻成都总领事馆; traditional Chinese: 美國駐成都總領事館; pinyin: Měiguó zhù Chéngdū Zǒnglǐngshìguǎn) is a diplomatic mission in Wuhou District, Chengdu.[1]

The building of the consulate

This is one of seven American diplomatic and consular posts in China.[2] The consular district includes the provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan, and Guizhou, the Tibet Autonomous Region, and the prefecture-level city of Chongqing.

On 6 February 2012, the Consulate General was the scene of the Wang Lijun incident.

In 1985, each of the offices was covered by one American officer. The Consulate today has grown to 130 total staff. Approximately 100 of these are locally hired professional Chinese staff.[citation needed]

History

The consulate was opened by Vice President George H. W. Bush in 1985 in an annex of the Jinjiang Hotel. The consulate moved in 1993 to its own compound at #4, Lingshiguan Lu, where it remains.[citation needed]

In 1993, the Peace Corps began a program in China, headquartered in Chengdu. A Peace Corps Director and staff were posted in the city. From its beginning, the primary mission of Peace Corps China has been to assist in the training of young Chinese citizens to become English teachers in the rapidly increasing number of junior high schools of the area, specifically in the relatively undeveloped provinces of Gansu, Guizhou, and Sichuan as well as the municipality of Chongqing. There were eighteen teachers in the first group of Peace Corps China Volunteers, and they served in five teacher training institutions. Now, twenty years later, there are about 150 Volunteers teaching in 90 institutions.[3]

The consulate compound came under attack in May 1999 by crowds enraged by the US accidental bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade. The Consul General's Residence was heavily damaged by fire.[citation needed]

In 2008, Condoleezza Rice was the first US Secretary of State to visit the consulate. She came in response to the massive Sichuan earthquake that killed approximately 80,000 people. Secretary Rice visited a relief camp in Dujiangyan as well as an emergency water purification project donated by the United States.[citation needed]

In February 2012, a Chinese official entered the US Consulate General in Chengdu setting off a political scandal that led to the downfall of Chongqing Party Secretary Bo Xilai in what is now known as the Wang Lijun incident.[citation needed]

The Consulate started with only six American officers and approximately 20 local employees. It was made up of an Executive Office (a Consul General and administrative assistant); a small office handling political, economic and commercial issues; a Consular Section; a Management Section and what was then known as the U.S. Information Service.[citation needed]

In 1985, each of the offices was covered by one American officer. The Consulate today has grown to 130 total staff. Approximately 100 of these are locally hired professional Chinese staff.[citation needed]

Bo Xilai corruption scandal

In February 2012, Wang Lijun, the vice-mayor of Chongqing, fled to the Consulate General of the United States in Chengdu,[4] where he remained for around 24 hours, amid rumors of political infighting with Chongqing Communist Party secretary Bo Xilai, sparking off the Wang Lijun incident which led to Bo's eventual ouster and trial.[5]

Consuls General

The current Consul General is Jim Mullinax.[6]

Previous Consuls General are:

  • Raymond Greene (2014-2017)
  • Peter Haymond (2011-2014)
  • David E. Brown (2009-2010)
  • James Boughner (2006-2009)
  • Jeff Moon (2004-2006)
  • David Bleyle (2001-2003)
  • Brian Woo (1999-2000)
  • Cornelis Keur (1995-1999)
  • Donald A. Camp (1992–95)
  • Marshall Adair (1990-1992)
  • Bill Thomas (1985-1988)

See also

References

  1. ^ Security Message about Recent Protests at Emei Mountain Archived May 18, 2015, at the Wayback MachineJuly 8, 2014 (). U.S. Consulate in Chengdu. Retrieved on May 17, 2015. "The U.S. Consulate General in Chengdu Number 4, Lingshiguan Road Wuhou District, Chengdu 610041"
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 13, 2013. Retrieved June 24, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Congressional Delegation Meets with Peace Corps Program in China". Peace Corps. April 25, 2011. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
  4. ^ Lafraniere, Sharon (April 10, 2012). "Death of a Briton Is Thrust to Center of China Scandal". New York Times. Archived from the original on April 10, 2012. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
  5. ^ Megha Rajagopalan (July 25, 2013). "China charges Bo Xilai with corruption, paves way for trial". Reuters. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
  6. ^ Consul General Archived 2015-06-18 at the Wayback Machine
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