Xue Hanqin

In 1982, Xue received an international law diploma from Peking University. She received her LL.M. from Columbia Law School in 1983. From 1980 to 2003, Xue served in the Department of Treaty and Law of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, eventually rising to the position of Director-General. She returned to Columbia Law School in 1991 obtaining a J.S.D. degree in 1995. Xue was appointed as the Chinese ambassador to the Netherlands in 2003 and served until 2008. In December 2008, she became the first Chinese ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. She was elected to the ICJ in June 2010. Xue was sworn in as a member of the ICJ on 13 September 2010. She is currently a member of the Curatorium of The Hague Academy of International Law. On February 6, 2018, Xue was appointed as Vice President of the International Court of Justice.

Xue Hanqin (薛捍勤, born 15 September 1955, Shanghai, People's Republic of China) is a Chinese jurist at the International Court of Justice. On 29 June 2010, she was elected to fill the vacancy created by Shi Jiuyong's resignation on 28 May 2010. She is one of three female judges serving on the ICJ and one of only four women elected as members of the Court to date. Xue is the fifth Chinese judge at the ICJ, and the third representing the People's Republic of China (see Judges of the International Court of Justice).