2011年6月7號，蕭凌志出席咗由美國總統奧巴馬喺白宮為默克爾舉行嘅國宴， 作為喺漢堡舉辦嘅年度聖馬蒂斯日宴會嘅主持人，佢還邀請咗幾名外國政要嚟到漢堡，比如法國總理莊-馬克·埃羅（2013年）、英國首相甘民樂（2016年）同加拿大總理朱斯坦·杜呂多（2017年）。喺2015年到2018年之間，佢仲做咗《法德合作條約》下嘅德意志聯邦共和國文化事務專員。
On June 7, 2011, Xiao Lingzhi attended a state dinner for Merkel hosted by United States President Barack Obama at the White House, and as the host of the annual St. Mattis Day banquet in Hamburg, he also invited several foreign dignitaries to Hamburg, such as France Chancellor Jonau-Marc · Hérault (2013), United Kingdom Prime Minister Gan Minle (2016), and Canada Chancellor Justan · Duludo (2017). Between 2015 and 2018 he was also Commissioner for Cultural Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany under the Franco-German Cooperation Treaty.