Ambassadors of China
This article contains several lists of ambassadors from China, which is defined as: the People's Republic of China (PRC; "China") or the Republic of China (ROC; "Taiwan"). The incumbents change from time to time; sometimes a post starts or stops being temporarily headed by a lower ranking diplomat. Occasionally, a post is created or abolished.
In accordance with articles 67 and 81 of the Constitution of the People's Republic of China, ambassadors are selected by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and officially appointed by the President of the People's Republic of China.[1][2]
Current Chinese Ambassadors[]
Ambassador information is primarily taken from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ambassador information pages.[3] In certain cases, the information is taken from the relevant embassy website.
Host country | Ref | Ambassador | Embassy Website |
Confirmed |
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Afghanistan | Ref | WANG Yu (王愚) | Kabul | 2019.12 |
Albania | Ref | ZHOU Ding (周鼎) | Tirana | 2019.02 |
Algeria | LI Lianhe (李连和) | Algiers | 2019.01 | |
Andorra | WU Haitao (吴海涛) | Madrid | 2020.05 | |
Angola | Ref | GONG Tao (龚韬) | Luanda | 2019.04 |
Antigua and Barbuda | Ref | ZHANG Yanling (张艳玲) | St. John's | 2021.12 |
Argentina | ZOU Xiaoli (邹肖力) | Buenos Aires | 2019.01 | |
Armenia | FAN Yong (范勇) | Yerevan | 2020.11 | |
Australia | Ref | CHENG Jingye (成竞业) | Canberra | 2016.05 |
Austria | LI Xiaosi (李晓驷) | Vienna | 2016.09 | |
Azerbaijan | GUO Min (郭敏) | Baku | 2019.08 | |
The Bahamas | DAI Qingli (戴庆利) | Nassau | 2021.04 | |
Bahrain | AN Waer (安瓦尔) | Manama | 2018.05 | |
Bangladesh | LI Jiming (李极明) | Dhaka | 2019.09 | |
Barbados | Ref | YAN Xiusheng (延秀生) | Christ Church | 2018.01 |
Belarus | XIE Xiaoyong (谢小用) | Minsk | 2020.11 | |
Belgium | Ref | CAO Zhongming (曹忠明) | Brussels | 2018.09 |
Belize[4] | Ref | David Kuan-Chou CHIEN (錢冠州) | Belmopan | 2021.03 |
Benin | Ref | PENG Jingtao (彭惊涛) | Cotonou | 2018.04 |
Bhutan | ||||
Bolivia | HUANG Yazhong (黄亚中) | La Paz | 2019.12 | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | JI Ping (季平) | Sarajevo | 2019.02 | |
Botswana | WANG Xuefeng (王雪峰) | Gaborone | 2021.05 | |
Brazil | YANG Wanming (杨万明) | Brasilia | 2019.01 | |
Brunei | YU Hong (于红) | Seri Begawan | 2019.02 | |
Bulgaria | Dong Xiaojun (董晓军) | Sofia | 2019.04 | |
Burkina Faso | Ref | LI Jian (李健) | Ouagadougou | 2018.11 |
Burundi | ZHAO Jiangping (赵江平) | Bujumbura | 2021.05 | |
Cambodia | Ref | WANG Wentian (王文天) | Phnom Penh | 2018.12 |
Cameroon | WANG Yingwu (王英武) | Yaoundé | 2018.07 | |
Canada | Ref | CONG Peiwu (丛培武) | Ottawa | 2019.10 |
Cape Verde | DU Xiaocong (杜小丛) | Praia | 2015.03 | |
Central African Republic | Ref | CHEN Dong (陈栋) | Bangui | 2018.04 |
Chad | LI Jinjin (李津津) | Ndjamena | 2018.08 | |
Chile | NIU Qingbao (牛清报) | Santiago | 2021.03 | |
Colombia | LAN Hu (蓝虎) | Bogotá | 2020.02 | |
Comoros | HE Yanjun (何彦军) | Moroni | 2017.10 | |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | Ref | ZHU Jing(朱京) | Kinshasa | 2019.12 |
Republic of the Congo | MA Fulin (马福林) | Brazzaville | 2018.05 | |
Cook Islands[5] | Ref | WANG Xiaolong (王小龙) | Wellington | 2022.01 |
Costa Rica | TANG Heng (汤恒) | San José | 2017.05 | |
Croatia | QI Qianjin (齐前进) | Zagreb | 2021.12 | |
Cuba | MA Hui (马辉) | Havana | 2021.08 | |
Cyprus | LIU Yantao (刘彦涛) | Nicosia | 2020.11 | |
Czech Republic | ZHANG Jianmin (张建敏) | Prague | 2018.09 | |
Denmark | FENG Tie (冯铁) | Copenhagen | 2019.06 | |
Djibouti | HU Bin (胡斌) | Djibouti City | 2021.08 | |
Dominica | LIN Xianjiang (林先江) | Roseau | 2021.11 | |
Dominican Republic | Ref | ZHANG Run (张润) | Santo Domingo | 2018.09 |
East Timor | Ref | XIAO Jianguo (肖建国) | Dili | 2018.11 |
Ecuador | Ref | CHEN Guoyou (陈国友) | Quito | 2019.05 |
Egypt | Ref | LIAO Liqiang (廖力强) | Cairo | 2019.07 |
El Salvador | Ref | OU Jianhong (欧箭虹) | San Salvador | 2018.12 |
Equatorial Guinea | Ref | QI Mei (亓玫) | Malabo | 2019.05 |
Eritrea | CAI Ge (蔡革) | Asmara | 2020.07 | |
Estonia | LI Chao (李超) | Tallinn | 2018.01 | |
Eswatini[4] | Ref | LIANG Hong-Sheng (梁洪昇) | Mbabane | 2018.08 |
Ethiopia | ZHAO Zhiyuan (赵志远) | Addis Ababa | 2020.11 | |
Fiji | Ref | QIAN Bo (钱波) | Suva | 2018.01 |
Finland | CHEN Li (陈立) | Helsinki | 2016.11 | |
France[6] | Ref | LU Shaye(卢沙野) | Paris | 2019.08 |
Gabon | HU Changchun (胡长春) | Libreville | 2016.11 | |
The Gambia | MA Jianchun (马建春) | Banjul | 2018.12 | |
Georgia | LI Yan (李岩) | Tbilisi | 2019.08 | |
Germany | Ref | WU Ken (吴恳) | Berlin | 2019.04 |
Ghana | LU Kun (卢坤) | Accra | 2021.02 | |
Greece | XIAO Jun (肖军) | Athens | 2021.10 | |
Grenada | WEI Hongtian (韦宏添) | St. George's | 2021.01 | |
Guatemala[4] | Ref | CHENG Li-Cheng (鄭力城) | Guatemala City | 2019.09 |
Guinea | Ref | HUANG Wei (黄巍) | Conakry | 2018.09 |
Guinea-Bissau | GUO Ce (郭策) | Bissau | 2020.11 | |
Guyana | Ref | GUO Haiyan (郭海燕) | Georgetown | 2021.11 |
Haiti[4] | Ref | KU Wen-Jiann (古文劍) | Port-au-Prince | 2020.08 |
Holy See[4] | Ref | LEE Shi-Ming (李世明) | Vatican | 2015.12 |
Honduras[4] | Ref | WEN Yao-Chen (温曜禎) | Tegucigalpa | 2020.09 |
Hungary | Ref | QI Dayu (齐大愚) | Budapest | 2020.11 |
Iceland | JIN Zhijian (金智健) | Reykjavik | 2018.03 | |
India | SUN Weidong (孙卫东) | New Delhi | 2019.08 | |
Indonesia | XIAO Qian (肖千) | Jakarta | 2017.12 | |
Iran | Ref | CHANG Hua (常华) | Tehran | 2019.07 |
Iraq | Ref | ZHANG Tao (张涛) | Baghdad | 2019.05 |
Ireland | HE Xiangdong (何向东) | Dublin | 2019.06 | |
Israel | Ref | CAI Run (蔡润) | Tel Aviv | 2021.02 |
Ivory Coast | WAN Li (万黎) | Yamoussoukro | 2019.06 | |
Italy[7] | LI Junhua (李军华) | Rome | 2019.06 | |
Jamaica[8] | TIAN Qi (田琦) | Kingston | 2018.04 | |
Japan | Ref | KONG Xuanyou (孔铉佑) | Tokyo | 2019.06 |
Jordan | Ref | CHEN Chuandong (陈传东) | Amman | 2021.01 |
Kazakhstan | Ref | ZHANG Xiao (张霄) | Astana | 2018.09 |
Kenya | Ref | ZHOU Pingjian (周平剑) | Nairobi | 2020.09 |
Kiribati | Ref | TANG Songgen (唐松根) | South Tarawa | 2020.05 |
North Korea | Ref | LI Jinjun (李进军) | Pyongyang | 2015.03 |
South Korea | Ref | XING Haiming (邢海明) | Seoul | 2020.02 |
Kuwait | LI Minggang (李名刚) | Yarmouk | 2019.01 | |
Kyrgyzstan | Ref | DU Dewen (杜德文) | Bishkek | 2019.04 |
Laos | Ref | JIANG Zaidong (姜再冬) | Vientiane | 2018.11 |
Latvia | Ref | LIANG Jianquan (梁建全) | Riga | 2019.10 |
Lebanon | Ref | QIAN Minjian (钱敏坚) | Beirut | 2021.07 |
Lesotho | Ref | LEI Kezhong (雷克中) | Maseru | 2019.09 |
Liberia | Ref | REN Yisheng (任义生) | Monrovia | 2020.07 |
Libya | Ref | Vacant | Tripoli | TBA |
Liechtenstein[9] | N/A | Zurich | N/A | |
Lithuania | Ref | SHEN Zhifei (申知非) | Vilnius | 2018.03 |
Luxembourg | Ref | YANG Xiaorong (杨小茸) | Luxembourg | 2020.10 |
Madagascar | Ref | GUO Xiaomei (郭晓梅) | Antananarivo | 2020.11 |
Malawi | Ref | LIU Hongyang (刘洪洋) | Lilongwe | 2018.08 |
Malaysia | Ref | OUYANG Yujing (欧阳玉靖) | Kuala Lumpur | 2021.01 |
Maldives | WANG Lixin (王立新) | Male | 2021.09 | |
Mali | Ref | CHEN Zhihong (陈志宏) | Bamako | 2021.11 |
Malta | Ref | YU Dunhai (于敦海) | St. Julian's | 2021.01 |
Marshall Islands[4] | Ref | Hsiao Sheng-Chung (蕭勝中) | Majuro | 2018.09 |
Mauritania | LI Baijun (李柏军) | Nouakchott | 2021.04 | |
Mauritius | Ref | ZHU Liying (朱立英) | Belle Rose | 2021.08 |
Mexico | ZHU Qingqiao (祝青桥) | Mexico City | 2019.06 | |
Federated States of Micronesia | Ref | HUANG Zheng (黄峥) | Kolonia | 2018.06 |
Moldova | Ref | YAN Wenbin (闫文滨) | Chisinau | 2022.01 |
Monaco[6] | Ref | LU Shaye (卢沙野) | Paris | 2019.08 |
Mongolia | Ref | CHAI Wenrui(柴文睿) | Ulaanbaatar | 2020.02 |
Montenegro | Ref | LIU Jin (刘晋) | Podgorica | 2018.09 |
Morocco | Ref | LI Changlin (李昌林) | Rabat | 2021.05 |
Mozambique | Ref | WANG Hejun (王贺军) | Maputo | 2020.08 |
Myanmar | Ref | CHEN Hai (陈海) | Yangon | 2019.07 |
Namibia | Ref | ZHANG Yiming (张益明) | Windhoek | 2017.08 |
Nauru[4] | Ref | WANG Hai-Lung (王海龍) | Yaren | 2019.06 |
Nepal | Ref | HOU Yanqi (侯艳琪) | Kathmandu | 2019.01 |
Netherlands[10] | TAN Jian (谈践) | The Hague | 2021.01 | |
New Zealand[5] | Ref | WANG Xiaolong (王小龙) | Wellington | 2022.01 |
Nicaragua | Ref | Vacant | Vacant | TBA |
Niger | JIANG Feng (蒋烽) | Niamey | 2021.09 | |
Nigeria | CUI Jianchun (崔建春) | Abuja | 2021.04 | |
Niue[5] | Ref | WANG Xiaolong (王小龙) | Wellington | 2022.01 |
North Macedonia | Ref | ZHANG Zuo (张佐) | Skopje | 2019.10 |
Norway | Ref | YI Xianliang (易先良) | Oslo | 2019.07 |
Oman | Ref | LI Lingbing (李凌冰) | Muscat | 2019.01 |
Pakistan | Ref | NONG Rong (农融) | Islamabad | 2020.11 |
Palau[4] | Ref | Chow Minn-gan (周民淦) | Ngerulmud | 2018.04 |
State of Palestine | Ref | GUO Wei (郭伟) | Ramallah | 2018.04 |
Panama | Ref | WEI Qiang (魏强) | Panama City | 2017.10 |
Papua New Guinea | Ref | ZENG Fanhua (曾凡华) | Port Moresby | 2021.07 |
Paraguay[4] | Ref | Han Chih-Cheng (韓志正) | Asuncion | 2020.05 |
Peru | Ref | LIANG Yu (梁宇) | Lima | 2019.12 |
Philippines | Ref | HUANG Xilian (黄溪连) | Manila | 2020.01 |
Poland | Ref | SUN Linjiang (孙霖江) | Warsaw | 2021.09 |
Portugal | Ref | ZHAO Bentang (赵本堂) | Lisbon | 2021.03 |
Qatar | Ref | ZHOU Jian (周剑) | Doha | 2019.08 |
Romania | Ref | JIANG Yu (姜瑜) | Bucharest | 2019.04 |
Russia | (张汉晖) | Moscow | 2019.09 | |
Rwanda | Ref | RAO Hongwei (饶宏伟) | Kigali | 2016.09 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis[4] | Ref | LEE Chih-Chiang (李志强) | Basseterre | 2018.06 |
Saint Lucia[4] | Ref | CHEN Chia-Yen (陳家彥) | Castries | 2020.08 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines[4] | Ref | HO Chen-Huan (何震寰) | Kinston | 2018.03 |
Samoa | Ref | CHAO Xiaoliang (巢小良) | Apia | 2019.05 |
San Marino[7] | Ref | LI Junhua (李军华) | Rome | 2019.06 |
São Tomé and Príncipe | Ref | XU Yingzhen (徐迎真) | São Tomé | 2020.11 |
Saudi Arabia | CHEN Weiqing (陈伟庆) | Riyadh | 2019.05 | |
Senegal | Ref | XIAO Han (肖晗) | Dakar | 2020.10 |
Serbia | Ref | CHEN Bo (陈波) | Belgrade | 2019.02 |
Seychelles | Ref | GUO Wei (郭玮) | Victoria | 2018.11 |
Sierra Leone | Ref | HU Zhangliang (胡张良) | Freetown | 2019.05 |
Singapore | Ref | HONG Xiaoyong (洪小勇) | Singapore | 2018.04 |
Slovakia | SUN Lijie (孙立杰) | Bratislava | 2020.03 | |
Slovenia | WANG Shunqing (王顺卿) | Ljubljana | 2019.01 | |
Solomon Islands | Ref | LI Ming (李明) | Honiara | 2020.10 |
Somalia | Ref | FEI Shengchao (费胜潮) | Mogadishu | 2021.09 |
South Africa | Ref | CHEN Xiaodong (陈晓东) | Pretoria | 2020.10 |
South Sudan | Ref | HUA Ning (华宁) | Juba | 2019.04 |
Spain[11] | WU Haitao (吴海涛) | Madrid | 2020.05 | |
Sri Lanka | Ref | QI Zhenhong (戚振宏) | Colombo | 2020.11 |
Sudan | Ref | MA Xinmin (马新民) | Khartoum | 2019.02 |
Suriname | Ref | HAN Jing (韩镜) | Paramaribo | 2021.09 |
Sweden | Ref | CUI Aimin (崔爱民) | Stockholm | 2022.01 |
Switzerland[9] | Ref | WANG Shiting (王世廷) | Bern | 2020.09 |
Syria | Ref | FENG Biao (冯飚) | Damascus | 2018.11 |
Tajikistan | Ref | LIU Bin (刘彬) | Dushanbe | 2019.01 |
Tanzania | Ref | CHEN Mingjian (陈明健) | Dar es Salaam | 2021.10 |
Thailand | Ref | HAN Zhiqiang (韩志强) | Bangkok | 2021.09 |
Togo | Ref | CHAO Weidong (巢卫东) | Lomé | 2018.09 |
Tonga | Ref | CAO Xiaolin(曹小林) | Nuku'alofa | 2020.01 |
Trinidad and Tobago | Ref | FANG Qiu (方遒) | Port of Spain | 2020.11 |
Tunisia | Ref | ZHANG Jianguo (张建国) | Tunis | 2021.01 |
Turkey | Ref | LIU Shaobin (刘少宾) | Ankara | 2020.11 |
Turkmenistan | Ref | QIAN Naicheng (钱乃成) | Ashgabat | 2016.10 |
Tuvalu[4] | Ref | SU Jen-Chun (蘇仁崇) | Funafuti | 2016.01 |
Uganda | Ref | ZHANG Lizhong (张利忠) | Kampala | 2021.07 |
Ukraine | Ref | FAN Xianrong (范先荣) | Kiev | 2020.03 |
United Arab Emirates | NI Jian (倪坚) | Abu Dhabi | 2016.11 | |
United Kingdom | Ref | Zheng Zeguang (郑泽光) | London | 2021.07 |
United States | Ref | Qin Gang (秦刚) | Washington, D.C. | 2021.08 |
Uruguay | Ref | WANG Gang (王刚) | Montevideo | 2018.04 |
Uzbekistan | Ref | JIANG Yan (姜岩) | Tashkent | 2018.03 |
Vanuatu | Ref | ZHOU Haicheng (周海成) | Port Vila | 2018.09 |
Venezuela | Ref | LI Baorong (李宝荣) | Caracas | 2017.12 |
Vietnam | Ref | XIONG Bo (熊波) | Hanoi | 2018.12 |
Yemen | Ref | KANG Yong (康勇) | Sana’a | 2018.09 |
Zambia | Ref | LI Jie (李杰) | Lusaka | 2018.06 |
Zimbabwe | Ref | GUO Shaochun (郭少春) | Harare | 2019.04 |
Ambassadors to international organizations[]
Current ambassadors from the People's Republic of China to international organizations
Host organization | Ambassador | Embassy Website |
Confirmed |
---|---|---|---|
Association of Southeast Asian Nations | Deng Xijun (邓锡军) | Jakarta | 2020.02 |
African Union | LIU Yuxi (刘豫锡) | Addis Ababa | 2018.09 |
European Union | ZHANG Ming (张明) | Bruxelles | 2017.10 |
United Nations | ZHANG Jun (张军) | New York | 2019.08 |
United Nations Office in Geneva | CHEN Xu (陈旭) | Geneva | 2019.07 |
United Nations Office in Vienna | WANG Qun (王群) | Vienna | 2018.08 |
United Nations Office in Bangkok | KE Yousheng (柯友生) | Bangkok | 2020.08 |
World Trade Organization | LI Chenggang (李成钢) | Geneva | 2021.02 |
International Seabed Authority | TIAN Qi(田琦) | Kinston | 2018.04 |
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons[10] | TAN Jian (谈践) | The Hague | 2021.01 |
Ambassadors-at-large[]
Current ambassador-at-Large from the People's Republic of China with worldwide responsibility
Title (competence) | Ambassador | since |
---|---|---|
Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs of China (特命全权裁军事务大使) | LI Song (李松) | 2019.02 |
See also[]
- Foreign relations of China
- Foreign relations of Taiwan
- List of diplomatic missions of China
- List of diplomatic missions of Taiwan
Notes and references[]
- ^ "The Standing Committee of the NPC". Gov.cn. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2011.
- ^ "Constitution of the People's Republic of China". Retrieved July 18, 2011.
- ^ 历任大使. 中国外交人物 (in Chinese). 中华人民共和国外交部. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n These nations currently maintain official diplomatic relations with the Republic of China on Taiwan, and as a result the PRC has no ties with them. See also Foreign relations of the Republic of China.
- ^ a b c One ambassador—resident in Wellington— is accredited to New Zealand, the Cook Islands, and Niue.
- ^ a b As of February 2019, the PRC ambassador to France is also accredited to Monaco.
- ^ a b Since 1991, the PRC Ambassador to Italy has also been accredited to San Marino.
- ^ The embassy of China in Jamaica is also as Permanent Mission of PRC to International Seabed Authority.
- ^ a b Although the PRC and Liechtenstein maintain diplomatic relations, there is no Ambassador-level representative to the country. The Consul-General of the PRC's consulate in Zurich is the chief representative of China to Liechtenstein. Source: Consulate-General of the People's Republic of China in Zurich.
- ^ a b The embassy of China in Netherlands is also as Permanent Mission to OPCW.
- ^ Beginning on June 29, 1994, the PRC Ambassador to Spain—resident in Madrid—is also accredited to Andorra.
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