List of ambassadors of China to France

The Chinese Ambassador to France is the official representative of the People's Republic of China to the French Republic.

The ambassador is also accredited to the Principality of Monaco.

History[]

The position was established in a de facto sense with Guo Songtao's appointment as Minister to France (as well as concurrently with the UK) from 1877 to 1879 as part of the United Kingdom's demands after the Margary Affair for an Imperial commissioner to be posted to Britain.

A Victorian photograph of Walter Goodman's 1877 portrait of Guo Songtao.

Qing dynasty[]

Guo Songtao (22 February–25 August 1878)
Zeng Jize (25 August 1878 – 28 April 1884)
Xu Jingcheng (28 April 1884–?), did not take office
Li Fengbao (1884–August 23, 1884)
Xu Jingcheng (1884–1887)
(1887–1890)
(1890), did not take office
Xue Fucheng (1889–1894)
(1893–1894)
(1895)
(裕庚) (1899–1902)
Sun Baoqi (1902–1905)
(1905–1911)
(20 December 1911 – 1912)

Republic of China (Beiyang government)[]

(former Qing minister)
- (22 August 1912 – 1913) (second counselor)
Hu Weide (22 November 1912 – 11 April 1919)
Gao Lu
Wellington Koo

Republic of China (Nationalist government in Nanjing)[]

Wellington Koo (1936–1941), resuming post under new government
Wei Daoming (1941–1942)
(1941–1943)
(1944–1944)
(1949–1956)
(1956–1963)
(1963–1964)

People's Republic of China (1964–present)[]

Though the People's Republic of China was founded in 1949, France did not recognize it until 1964 under Charles De Gaulle.

Song Zhiguang (1964–1964)
Huang Zhen (1964–1971)
Zeng Tao (1973–1977)
(1977–1980)
Yao Guang (1980–1982)
Cao Keqiang (1983–1986)
(1986–1986)
(1990–1998)
Wu Jianmin (1998–2003)
(2003–2008)
(2008–2013)
Lu Shaye (June 2019–present)