Ambassadors of China

This article contains several lists of ambassadors from China. 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 China, ambassadors are selected by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and officially appointed by the President 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
Afghanistan	Ref	ZHAO Xing (赵星)	Kabul	2023.09
Albania	Ref	PANG Chunxue (庞春雪)	Tirana	2024.01
Algeria	Ref	LI Jian (李健)	Algiers	2022.07
Andorra^[4]	Ref	YAO Jing (姚敬)	Madrid	2023.09
Angola	Ref	ZHANG Bin (张斌)	Luanda	2024.02
Antigua and Barbuda	Ref	ZHANG Yanling (张艳玲)	St. John's	2021.12
Argentina	Ref	WANG Wei (王卫)	Buenos Aires	2023.09
Armenia	Ref	FAN Yong (范勇)	Yerevan	2020.11
Australia	Ref	QIAN Xiao (肖千)	Canberra	2022.01
Austria	Ref	QI Mei (亓玫)	Vienna	2023.03
Azerbaijan	Ref	Vacant	Baku	TBA
The Bahamas	Ref	Vacant	Nassau	TBA
Bahrain	Ref	NI Ruchi (倪汝池)	Manama	2023.03
Bangladesh	Ref	YAO Wen (姚文)	Dhaka	2023.01
Barbados	Ref	YAN Xiusheng (延秀生)	Christ Church	2018.01
Belarus	Ref	XIE Xiaoyong (谢小用)	Minsk	2020.11
Belgium	Ref	Vacant	Brussels	TBA
Benin	Ref	PENG Jingtao (彭惊涛)	Cotonou	2018.04
Bolivia	Ref	WANG Liang (王亮)	La Paz	2024.01
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Ref	Vacant	Sarajevo	TBA
Botswana	Ref	Vacant	Gaborone	TBA
Brazil	Ref	ZHU Qingqiao (祝青桥)	Brasilia	2023.01
Brunei	Ref	XIAO Jianguo (肖建国)	Seri Begawan	2023.03
Bulgaria	Ref	Vacant	Sofia	TBA
Burkina Faso	Ref	LU Shan (卢山)	Ouagadougou	2022.06
Burundi	Ref	ZHAO Jiangping (赵江平)	Bujumbura	2021.05
Cambodia	Ref	WANG Wenbin (汪文斌)	Phnom Penh	2018.12
Cameroon	Ref	WANG Yingwu (王英武)	Yaoundé	2018.07
Canada	Ref	Vacant	Ottawa	TBA
Cape Verde	Ref	XU Jie (徐杰)	Praia	2022.07
Central African Republic	Ref	LI Qinfeng (李钦峰)	Bangui	2023.02
Chad	Ref	WANG Xining (王晰宁)	Ndjamena	2022.11
Chile	Ref	NIU Qingbao (牛清报)	Santiago	2021.03
Colombia	Ref	ZHU Jingyang (朱京阳)	Bogotá	2023.08
Comoros	Ref	GUO Zhijun (郭志军)	Moroni	2023.01
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Ref	ZHAO Bin (赵斌)	Kinshasa	2023.06
Republic of the Congo	Ref	LI Yan (李岩)	Brazzaville	2023.09
Cook Islands^[5]	Ref	WANG Xiaolong (王小龙)	Wellington	2022.02
Costa Rica	Ref	Vacant	San José	TBA
Croatia	Ref	QI Qianjin (齐前进)	Zagreb	2021.12
Cuba	Ref	MA Hui (马辉)	Havana	2021.08
Cyprus	Ref	LIU Yantao (刘彦涛)	Nicosia	2020.11
Czech Republic	Ref	FENG Biao (冯飚)	Prague	2022.11
Denmark	Ref	FENG Tie (冯铁)	Copenhagen	2019.06
Djibouti	Ref	HU Bin (胡斌)	Djibouti City	2021.08
Dominica	Ref	CHU Maoming (储茂明)	Roseau	2024.04
Dominican Republic	Ref	CHEN Luning (陈鲁宁)	Santo Domingo	2023.05
East Timor	Ref	WANG Wenli (王文丽)	Dili	2023.10
Ecuador	Ref	CHEN Guoyou (陈国友)	Quito	2019.05
Egypt^[6]	Ref	LIAO Liqiang (廖力强)	Cairo	2019.07
El Salvador	Ref	ZHANG Yanhui (张艳辉)	San Salvador	2023.02
Equatorial Guinea	Ref	WANG Wengang (王文刚)	Malabo	2023.12
Eritrea	Ref	LI Xiang (李响)	Asmara	2024.05
Estonia	Ref	GUO Xiaomei (郭晓梅)	Tallinn	2023.09
Ethiopia	Ref	Vacant	Addis Ababa	TBA
Fiji	Ref	ZHOU Jian (周剑)	Suva	2023.02
Finland	Ref	WANG Tongqing (王同庆)	Helsinki	2022.06
France^[7]	Ref	LU Shaye (卢沙野)	Paris	2019.08
Gabon	Ref	Vacant	Libreville	TBA
The Gambia	Ref	LIU Jin (刘晋)	Banjul	2022.09
Georgia	Ref	ZHOU Qian (周谦)	Tbilisi	2022.06
Germany	Ref	WU Ken (吴恳)	Berlin	2019.04
Ghana	Ref	LU Kun (卢坤)	Accra	2021.02
Greece	Ref	XIAO Junzheng (肖军正)	Athens	2021.10
Grenada	Ref	WEI Hongtian (韦宏添)	St. George's	2021.01
Guinea	Ref	HUANG Wei (黄巍)	Conakry	2018.09
Guinea-Bissau	Ref	YANG Renhuo (杨仁火)	Bissau	2024.04
Guyana	Ref	GUO Haiyan (郭海燕)	Georgetown	2021.11
Honduras	Ref	YU Bo (于波)	Tegucigalpa	2023.08
Hungary	Ref	GONG Tao (龚韬)	Budapest	2023.09
Iceland	Ref	HE Rulong (何儒龙)	Reykjavik	2022.02
India	Ref	XU Feihong (徐飞洪)	New Delhi	2024.05
Indonesia	Ref	Vacant	Jakarta	TBA
Iran	Ref	CONG Peiwu (丛培武)	Tehran	2024.05
Iraq	Ref	CUI Wei (崔巍)	Baghdad	2022.04
Ireland	Ref	HE Xiangdong (何向东)	Dublin	2019.06
Israel	Ref	CAI Run (蔡润)	Tel Aviv	2021.02
Ivory Coast	Ref	WU Jie (吴杰)	Yamoussoukro	2023.05
Italy^[8]	Ref	JIA Guide (贾桂德)	Rome	2023.02
Jamaica^[9]	Ref	CHEN Daojiang (陈道江)	Kingston	2022.06
Japan	Ref	Wu Jianghao (吴江浩)	Tokyo	2023.02
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	ZHOU Limin (周立民)	South Tarawa	2023.09
North Korea	Ref	WANG Yajun (王亚军)	Pyongyang	2023.03
South Korea	Ref	XING Haiming (邢海明)	Seoul	2020.02
Kuwait	Ref	ZHANG Jianwei (张建卫)	Yarmouk	2022.06
Kyrgyzstan	Ref	DU Dewen (杜德文)	Bishkek	2019.04
Laos	Ref	Vacant	Vientiane	TBA
Latvia	Ref	TANG Songgen (唐松根)	Riga	2023.06
Lebanon	Ref	QIAN Minjian (钱敏坚)	Beirut	2021.07
Lesotho	Ref	LEI Kezhong (雷克中)	Maseru	2019.09
Liberia	Ref	YIN Chengwu (尹承武)	Monrovia	2023.09
Libya	Ref	Vacant	Tripoli	TBA
Liechtenstein^[10]	Ref	CHEN Yun (陈昀)	Zurich	2023.04
Lithuania^[11]	Ref	Vacant	Vilnius	TBA
Luxembourg	Ref	HUA Ning (华宁)	Luxembourg	2022.09
Madagascar	Ref	JI Ping (季平)	Antananarivo	2024.03
Malawi	Ref	LONG Zhou (龙舟)	Lilongwe	2022.09
Malaysia	Ref	OUYANG Yujing (欧阳玉靖)	Kuala Lumpur	2021.01
Maldives	Ref	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
Mauritania	Ref	LI Baijun (李柏军)	Nouakchott	2021.04
Mauritius	Ref	ZHU Liying (朱立英)	Belle Rose	2021.08
Mexico	Ref	ZHANG Run (张润)	Mexico City	2023.03
Federated States of Micronesia	Ref	WU Wei (吴伟)	Kolonia	2023.07
Moldova	Ref	YAN Wenbin (闫文滨)	Chisinau	2022.02
Monaco^[7]	Ref	LU Shaye (卢沙野)	Paris	2019.08
Mongolia	Ref	SHEN Minjuan (沈敏娟)	Ulaanbaatar	2023.09
Montenegro	Ref	FAN Kun (范琨)	Podgorica	2022.11
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	ZHAO Weiping (赵卫平)	Windhoek	2023.02
Nauru	Ref	Vacant	Yaren	TBA
Nepal	Ref	CHEN Song (陈松)	Kathmandu	2023.02
Netherlands^[12]	Ref	TAN Jian (谈践)	The Hague	2021.01
New Zealand^[5]	Ref	WANG Xiaolong (王小龙)	Wellington	2022.02
Nicaragua	Ref	CHEN Xi (陈曦)	Managua	2022.07
Niger	Ref	JIANG Feng (蒋烽)	Niamey	2021.09
Nigeria	Ref	Vacant	Abuja	TBA
Niue^[5]	Ref	WANG Xiaolong (王小龙)	Wellington	2022.02
North Macedonia	Ref	ZHANG Zuo (张佐)	Skopje	2019.10
Norway	Ref	HOU Yue (侯悦)	Oslo	2023.02
Oman	Ref	Vacant	Muscat	TBA
Pakistan	Ref	JIANG Zaidong (姜再冬)	Islamabad	2023.09
State of Palestine^[13]	Ref	ZENG Jixin (曾继新)	Ramallah	2023.04
Panama	Ref	XU Xueyuan (徐学渊)	Panama City	2024.03
Papua New Guinea	Ref	ZENG Fanhua (曾凡华)	Port Moresby	2021.07
Peru	Ref	SONG Yang (宋扬)	Lima	2022.09
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	CAO Xiaolin (曹小林)	Doha	2024.01
Romania	Ref	HAN Chunlin (韩春霖)	Bucharest	2022.06
Russia	Ref	ZHANG Hanhui (张汉晖)	Moscow	2019.09
Rwanda	Ref	WANG Xuekun (王雪坤)	Kigali	2022.06
Samoa	Ref	FEI Mingxing (费明星)	Apia	2024.01
San Marino^[8]	Ref	JIA Guide (贾桂德)	Rome	2023.02
São Tomé and Príncipe	Ref	XU Yingzhen (徐迎真)	São Tomé	2020.11
Saudi Arabia	Ref	CHANG Hua (常华)	Riyadh	2024.05
Senegal	Ref	XIAO Han (肖晗)	Dakar	2020.10
Serbia	Ref	Li Ming (李明)	Belgrade	2023.10
Seychelles	Ref	LIN Nan (林楠)	Victoria	2023.12
Sierra Leone	Ref	WANG Qing (王擎)	Freetown	2023.02
Singapore	Ref	CAO Zhongming (曹忠明)	Singapore	2024.03
Slovakia	Ref	CAI Ge (蔡革)	Bratislava	2023.09
Slovenia	Ref	WANG Shunqing (王顺卿)	Ljubljana	2019.01
Solomon Islands	Ref	CAI Weiming (蔡蔚鸣)	Honiara	2023.12
Somalia	Ref	Vacant	Mogadishu	TBA
South Africa	Ref	Vacant	Pretoria	TBA
South Sudan	Ref	MA Qiang (马强)	Juba	2022.11
Spain^[4]	Ref	YAO Jing (姚敬)	Madrid	2023.09
Sri Lanka	Ref	QI Zhenhong (戚振宏)	Colombo	2020.11
Sudan	Ref	Vacant	Khartoum	TBA
Suriname	Ref	HAN Jing (韩镜)	Paramaribo	2021.09
Sweden	Ref	CUI Aimin (崔爱民)	Stockholm	2022.02
Switzerland^[10]	Ref	WANG Shiting (王世廷)	Bern	2020.09
Syria	Ref	SHI Hongwei (史宏微)	Damascus	2023.02
Tajikistan	Ref	JI Shumin (吉树民)	Dushanbe	2022.04
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	LIU Weimin (刘为民)	Nuku'alofa	2024.04
Trinidad and Tobago	Ref	FANG Qiu (方遒)	Port of Spain	2020.11
Tunisia	Ref	WAN Li (万黎)	Tunis	2023.02
Turkey	Ref	LIU Shaobin (刘少宾)	Ankara	2020.11
Turkmenistan	Ref	QIAN Naicheng (钱乃成)	Ashgabat	2020.12
Uganda	Ref	ZHANG Lizhong (张利忠)	Kampala	2021.07
Ukraine	Ref	MA Shengkun (马升琨)	Kyiv	2024.11
United Arab Emirates	Ref	ZHANG Yiming (张益明)	Abu Dhabi	2022.06
United Kingdom	Ref	ZHENG Zeguang (郑泽光)	London	2021.07
United States	Ref	XIE Feng (谢锋)	Washington, D.C.	2023.05
Uruguay	Ref	HUANG Yazhong (黄亚中)	Montevideo	2023.09
Uzbekistan	Ref	YU Jun (于骏)	Tashkent	2023.07
Vanuatu	Ref	LI Minggang (李名刚)	Port Vila	2022.09
Venezuela	Ref	LAN Hu (蓝虎)	Caracas	2023.05
Vietnam	Ref	XIONG Bo (熊波)	Hanoi	2018.12
Yemen	Ref	Vacant	Sana’a	TBA
Zambia	Ref	DU Xiaohui (杜晓晖)	Lusaka	2022.04
Zimbabwe	Ref	ZHOU Ding (周鼎)	Harare	2023.06

Ambassadors to international organizations

Current ambassadors from the People's Republic of China to international organizations

Host organization	Ambassador	Embassy Website	Confirmed
Arab League^[6]	LIAO Liqiang (廖力强)	Cairo	2019.07
Association of Southeast Asian Nations	HOU Yanqi (侯艳琪)	Jakarta	2023.01
African Union	HU Changchun (胡长春)	Addis Ababa	2022.07
European Union	Vacant	Bruxelles	TBA
United Nations	FU Cong (傅聪)	New York	2024.04
United Nations Office in Geneva	CHEN Xu (陈旭)	Geneva	2019.07
United Nations Office in Vienna	LI Song (李松)	Vienna	2023.03
United Nations Office in Bangkok	KE Yousheng (柯友生)	Bangkok	2020.08
Food and Agriculture Organization	GUANG Defu (广德福)	Rome	2021.04
World Trade Organization	LI Chenggang (李成钢)	Geneva	2021.02
International Seabed Authority^[9]	CHEN Daojiang (陈道江)	Kinston	2022.06
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons^[12]	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)	SHEN Jian (沈健)	2023.08

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 Beginning on June 29, 1994, the PRC Ambassador to Spain—resident in Madrid—is also accredited to Andorra.
^ ^a ^b ^c One ambassador—resident in Wellington— is accredited to New Zealand, the Cook Islands, and Niue.
^ ^a ^b The embassy of China in Egypt is also as Permanent Mission to Arab League.
^ ^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.
^ ^a ^b The embassy of China in Jamaica is also as Permanent Mission 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.
^ Since November 2021, degraded to the representative office that serves as the embassy.
^ ^a ^b The embassy of China in Netherlands is also as Permanent Mission to Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
^ Set up as a representative office and serve as the de facto embassy.

External links

Diplomatic Figures

[gov-1] "The Standing Committee of the NPC". Gov.cn. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2011.

[Constitution-2] "Constitution of the People's Republic of China". Retrieved July 18, 2011.

[Ambassadors-3] 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.

[Andorra-4] Beginning on June 29, 1994, the PRC Ambassador to Spain—resident in Madrid—is also accredited to Andorra.

[New_Zealand-5] One ambassador—resident in Wellington— is accredited to New Zealand, the Cook Islands, and Niue.

[Egypt-6] The embassy of China in Egypt is also as Permanent Mission to Arab League.

[francemonaco-7] As of February 2019, the PRC ambassador to France is also accredited to Monaco.

[San_Marino-8] Since 1991, the PRC Ambassador to Italy has also been accredited to San Marino.

[Jamaica-9] The embassy of China in Jamaica is also as Permanent Mission to International Seabed Authority.

[Liechtenstein-10] 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.

[Lithuania-11] Since November 2021, degraded to the representative office that serves as the embassy.

[Netherlands-12] The embassy of China in Netherlands is also as Permanent Mission to Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

[State_of_Palestine-13] Set up as a representative office and serve as the de facto embassy.

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