Profile: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

BEIJING, March 30 (Xinhua) -- news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">new Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is set to pay an official visit to China from Sunday to Monday at the invitation of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang.

The following is a profile of Ardern.

Ardern was born in Hamilton, news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">new Zealand on July 26, 1980. She graduated from the University of Waikato in 2001 with a bachelor's degree in politics and public relations.

She became a list MP in 2008 and became the leader of the Labour Party in August 2017.

Ardern assumed the office of news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">new Zealand's prime minister in October 2017. She also serves as minister of national security and intelligence, minister of arts, culture and heritage, as well as minister of child poverty reduction.