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”As it was during that first
time in Guangzhou when
I decided to become a
diplomat, returning here
“as Consul General has truly
brought my professional
life full circle.
-Jim Levy, U.S. Consul
General in Guangzhou
U.S. Consul General in Guangzhou Jim Levy at the Mid-Autumn Festival celebration at
U.S. Consulate General in Guangzhou [Image/U.S. Consulate General in Guangzhou]
On August 9, 2018, Jim Levy assumed Bonita Shuen, a chamber music performer and
duties as the Consul General of the human resources management analyst who is
United States of America Consulate General originally from Vancouver, Canada. Together,
in Guangzhou, China. they have one daughter and two sons.
Levy said in a statement to AmCham Jim Levy joins a consulate in Guangzhou that
South China that for him, his arrival is a dates back before George Washington was elected
homecoming, “I previously served as head of the first President of the United States. Consulate
our consular section, and long before that, Guangzhou (known as Canton at that time)
I experienced Guangzhou as a grad student. became America’s first diplomatic post in China
As it was during that first time in Guangzhou and one of America’s oldest posts in the Far East.
when I decided to become a diplomat, The position has always played a vital role in
returning here as Consul General has truly promoting America’s relationship with China.
brought my professional life full circle.”
The first American consul in Guangzhou was
A member of the U.S. Foreign Service since a 29-year former Revolutionary War artillery
1989 with the rank of Minister Counselor, officer. Samuel Shaw arrived on the shore on
Levy has also served overseas in Mumbai, the American merchant ship Empress of China
Beijing, Taipei, Berlin, and Islamabad. He and served as the business agent for the first
has also served the federal government in American trade effort with the country. He
Washington DC. Levy has also served the penned a letter to Secretary of Foreign Affairs
federal government with assignments at the John Jay recommending that the young United
Bureaus of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, States should appoint a consul and vice consul
Human Resources, and Consular Affairs within to the area. “Such officers would have a degree
the US Department of State. of weight and respect which private adventures
cannot readily acquire, and which would enable
Levy is native of the state of Louisiana and them to render service to their countrymen,”
studied at Yale University. He is married to he wrote.
16 AMCHAM SOUTH CHINA
”As it was during that first
time in Guangzhou when
I decided to become a
diplomat, returning here
“as Consul General has truly
brought my professional
life full circle.
-Jim Levy, U.S. Consul
General in Guangzhou
U.S. Consul General in Guangzhou Jim Levy at the Mid-Autumn Festival celebration at
U.S. Consulate General in Guangzhou [Image/U.S. Consulate General in Guangzhou]
On August 9, 2018, Jim Levy assumed Bonita Shuen, a chamber music performer and
duties as the Consul General of the human resources management analyst who is
United States of America Consulate General originally from Vancouver, Canada. Together,
in Guangzhou, China. they have one daughter and two sons.
Levy said in a statement to AmCham Jim Levy joins a consulate in Guangzhou that
South China that for him, his arrival is a dates back before George Washington was elected
homecoming, “I previously served as head of the first President of the United States. Consulate
our consular section, and long before that, Guangzhou (known as Canton at that time)
I experienced Guangzhou as a grad student. became America’s first diplomatic post in China
As it was during that first time in Guangzhou and one of America’s oldest posts in the Far East.
when I decided to become a diplomat, The position has always played a vital role in
returning here as Consul General has truly promoting America’s relationship with China.
brought my professional life full circle.”
The first American consul in Guangzhou was
A member of the U.S. Foreign Service since a 29-year former Revolutionary War artillery
1989 with the rank of Minister Counselor, officer. Samuel Shaw arrived on the shore on
Levy has also served overseas in Mumbai, the American merchant ship Empress of China
Beijing, Taipei, Berlin, and Islamabad. He and served as the business agent for the first
has also served the federal government in American trade effort with the country. He
Washington DC. Levy has also served the penned a letter to Secretary of Foreign Affairs
federal government with assignments at the John Jay recommending that the young United
Bureaus of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, States should appoint a consul and vice consul
Human Resources, and Consular Affairs within to the area. “Such officers would have a degree
the US Department of State. of weight and respect which private adventures
cannot readily acquire, and which would enable
Levy is native of the state of Louisiana and them to render service to their countrymen,”
studied at Yale University. He is married to he wrote.
16 AMCHAM SOUTH CHINA
