Ambassadors of China
This article contains several lists of ambassadors of the People's Republic of 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 ambassadors of China
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 | DONG Guangli (董广利) | Algiers | 2024.12 |
| Andorra[4] | Ref | YAO Jing (姚敬) | Madrid | 2023.09 |
| Angola | Ref | ZHANG Bin (张斌) | Luanda | 2024.02 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Ref | JIANG Wei (蒋薇) | St. John's | 2025.11 |
| Argentina | Ref | WANG Wei (王卫) | Buenos Aires | 2023.09 |
| Armenia | Ref | LI Xinwei (李鑫炜) | Yerevan | 2025.04 |
| Australia | Ref | QIAN Xiao (肖千) | Canberra | 2022.01 |
| Austria | Ref | QI Mei (亓玫) | Vienna | 2023.03 |
| Azerbaijan | Ref | LU Mei (鲁梅) | Baku | 2025.04 |
| Bahamas | Ref | YAN Jiarong (严家蓉) | Nassau | 2024.07 |
| Bahrain | Ref | NI Ruchi (倪汝池) | Manama | 2023.02 |
| Bangladesh | Ref | YAO Wen (姚文) | Dhaka | 2022.12 |
| Barbados | Ref | ZHENG Bingkai (郑冰开) | Christ Church | 2025.08 |
| Belarus | Ref | ZHANG Wenchuan (张汶川) | Minsk | 2024.09 |
| Belgium | Ref | FEI Shengchao (费胜潮) | Brussels | 2024.06 |
| Benin | Ref | ZHANG Wei (张伟) | Cotonou | 2024.11 |
| Bolivia | Ref | WANG Liang (王亮) | La Paz | 2024.01 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Ref | LI Fan (李凡) | Sarajevo | 2024.12 |
| Botswana | Ref | FAN Yong (范勇) | Gaborone | 2024.08 |
| Brazil | Ref | ZHU Qingqiao (祝青桥) | Brasilia | 2022.12 |
| Brunei | Ref | Vacant | Seri Begawan | TBA |
| Bulgaria | Ref | DAI Qingli (戴庆利) | Sofia | 2024.05 |
| Burkina Faso | Ref | ZHAO Deyong (赵德勇) | Ouagadougou | 2025.07 |
| Burundi | Ref | Vacant | Bujumbura | TBA |
| Cambodia | Ref | WANG Wenbin (汪文斌) | Phnom Penh | 2024.07 |
| Cameroon | Ref | XU Yong (徐永) | Yaoundé | 2025.08 |
| Canada | Ref | WANG Di (王镝) | Ottawa | 2024.05 |
| Cape Verde | Ref | ZHANG Yang (张洋) | Praia | 2025.07 |
| Central African Republic | Ref | LI Qinfeng (李钦峰) | Bangui | 2023.01 |
| Chad | Ref | WANG Xining (王晰宁) | Ndjamena | 2022.09 |
| Chile | Ref | NIU Qingbao (牛清报) | Santiago | 2021.02 |
| Colombia | Ref | ZHU Jingyang (朱京阳) | Bogotá | 2023.08 |
| Comoros | Ref | HUANG Zheng (黄峥) | Moroni | 2025.08 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Ref | ZHAO Bin (赵斌) | Kinshasa | 2023.06 |
| Republic of the Congo | Ref | AN Qing (安青) | Brazzaville | 2025.06 |
| Cook Islands[5] | Ref | WANG Xiaolong (王小龙) | Wellington | 2022.01 |
| Costa Rica | Ref | WANG Xiaoyao (王晓瑶) | San José | 2024.05 |
| Croatia | Ref | QI Qianjin (齐前进) | Zagreb | 2021.11 |
| Cuba | Ref | HUA Xin (华昕) | Havana | 2024.06 |
| Cyprus | Ref | Vacant | Nicosia | TBA |
| Czech Republic | Ref | FENG Biao (冯飚) | Prague | 2022.11 |
| Denmark | Ref | WANG Xuefeng (王雪峰) | Copenhagen | 2024.07 |
| Djibouti | Ref | HU Bin (胡斌) | Djibouti City | 2021.07 |
| Dominica | Ref | CHU Maoming (储茂明) | Roseau | 2024.04 |
| Dominican Republic | Ref | CHEN Luning (陈鲁宁) | Santo Domingo | 2023.04 |
| Ecuador | Ref | SUN Xiangyang (孙向阳) | Quito | 2025.09 |
| Egypt[6] | Ref | LIAO Liqiang (廖力强) | Cairo | 2019.06 |
| El Salvador | Ref | ZHANG Yanhui (张艳辉) | San Salvador | 2023.01 |
| 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 | CHEN Hai (陈海) | Addis Ababa | 2024.08 |
| Fiji | Ref | ZHOU Jian (周剑) | Suva | 2023.01 |
| Finland | Ref | WANG Tongqing (王同庆) | Helsinki | 2022.05 |
| France[7] | Ref | DENG Li (邓励) | Paris | 2025.01 |
| Gabon | Ref | ZHOU Ping (周平) | Libreville | 2024.08 |
| Gambia | Ref | LIU Jin (刘晋) | Banjul | 2022.08 |
| Georgia | Ref | ZHOU Qian (周谦) | Tbilisi | 2022.05 |
| Germany | Ref | DENG Hongbo (邓洪波) | Berlin | 2024.09 |
| Ghana | Ref | TONG Defa (童德发) | Accra | 2024.08 |
| Greece | Ref | FANG Qiu (方遒) | Athens | 2024.11 |
| Grenada | Ref | YANG Shu (杨舒) | St. George's | 2025.09 |
| Guinea | Ref | SUN Yong (孙勇) | Conakry | 2025.08 |
| Guinea-Bissau | Ref | YANG Renhuo (杨仁火) | Bissau | 2024.04 |
| Guyana | Ref | YANG Yang (杨扬) | Georgetown | 2025.04 |
| 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 | WANG Lutong (王鲁彤) | Jakarta | 2024.10 |
| Iran | Ref | CONG Peiwu (丛培武) | Tehran | 2024.05 |
| Iraq | Ref | CUI Wei (崔巍) | Baghdad | 2022.04 |
| Ireland | Ref | ZHAO Xiyuan (赵希源) | Dublin | 2024.11 |
| Israel | Ref | XIAO Junzheng (肖军正) | Tel Aviv | 2024.11 |
| Ivory Coast | Ref | WU Jie (吴杰) | Yamoussoukro | 2023.05 |
| Italy[8] | Ref | Vacant | Rome | TBA |
| Jamaica[9] | Ref | WANG Jinfeng (王锦峰) | Kingston | 2025.08 |
| Japan | Ref | WU Jianghao (吴江浩) | Tokyo | 2023.03 |
| Jordan | Ref | GUO Wei (郭伟) | Amman | 2025.11 |
| Kazakhstan | Ref | HAN Chunlin (韩春霖) | Astana | 2024.12 |
| Kenya | Ref | GUO Haiyan (郭海燕) | Nairobi | 2025.01 |
| 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 | DAI Bing (戴兵) | Seoul | 2024.12 |
| Kuwait | Ref | Vacant | Yarmouk | TBA |
| Kyrgyzstan | Ref | LIU Jiangping (刘江平) | Bishkek | 2024.12 |
| Laos | Ref | FANG Hong (方虹) | Vientiane | 2024.06 |
| Latvia | Ref | TANG Songgen (唐松根) | Riga | 2023.06 |
| Lebanon | Ref | CHEN Chuandong (陈传东) | Beirut | 2025.06 |
| Lesotho | Ref | YANG Xiaokun (杨晓坤) | Maseru | 2024.06 |
| Liberia | Ref | YIN Chengwu (尹承武) | Monrovia | 2023.09 |
| Libya | Ref | Vacant | Tripoli | TBA |
| Liechtenstein[10] | Ref | CHEN Yun (陈昀) | Zurich | 2023.03 |
| Lithuania[11] | Ref | Vacant | Vilnius | TBA |
| Luxembourg | Ref | HUA Ning (华宁) | Luxembourg | 2022.08 |
| Madagascar | Ref | JI Ping (季平) | Antananarivo | 2024.03 |
| Malawi | Ref | LU Xu (陆旭) | Lilongwe | 2025.02 |
| Malaysia | Ref | OUYANG Yujing (欧阳玉靖) | Kuala Lumpur | 2020.12 |
| Maldives | Ref | KONG Xianhua (孔宪华) | Male | 2025.04 |
| Mali | Ref | Vacant | Bamako | TBA |
| Malta | Ref | ZHANG Zuo (张佐) | St. Julian's | 2025.09 |
| Mauritania | Ref | TANG Zhongdong (唐中东) | Nouakchott | 2024.12 |
| Mauritius | Ref | HUANG Shifang (黄世芳) | Belle Rose | 2025.05 |
| Mexico | Ref | CHEN Daojiang (陈道江) | Mexico City | 2025.06 |
| Federated States of Micronesia | Ref | WU Wei (吴伟) | Kolonia | 2023.06 |
| Moldova | Ref | DONG Zhihua (董志华) | Chisinau | 2025.11 |
| Monaco[7] | Ref | DENG Li (邓励) | Paris | 2025.01 |
| Mongolia | Ref | SHEN Minjuan (沈敏娟) | Ulaanbaatar | 2023.09 |
| Montenegro | Ref | CHEN Xufeng (陈绪峰) | Podgorica | 2025.08 |
| Morocco | Ref | YU Jinsong (余劲松) | Rabat | 2025.09 |
| Mozambique | Ref | ZHENG Xuan (郑璇) | Maputo | 2025.05 |
| Myanmar | Ref | MA Jia (马珈) | Yangon | 2024.08 |
| Namibia | Ref | ZHAO Weiping (赵卫平) | Windhoek | 2023.01 |
| Nauru | Ref | LYU Jin (吕进) | Yaren | 2024.07 |
| Nepal | Ref | CHEN Song (陈松) | Kathmandu | 2023.01 |
| Netherlands[12] | Ref | Vacant | The Hague | TBA |
| New Zealand[5] | Ref | WANG Xiaolong (王小龙) | Wellington | 2022.01 |
| Nicaragua | Ref | QU Yuhui (瞿瑜辉) | Managua | 2025.11 |
| Niger | Ref | Lyu Guijun (律桂军) | Niamey | 2025.09 |
| Nigeria | Ref | YU Dunhai (于敦海) | Abuja | 2024.08 |
| Niue[5] | Ref | WANG Xiaolong (王小龙) | Wellington | 2022.01 |
| North Macedonia | Ref | JIANG Xiaoyan (蒋小燕) | Skopje | 2025.10 |
| Norway | Ref | HOU Yue (侯悦) | Oslo | 2023.01 |
| Oman | Ref | LYU Jian (吕健) | Muscat | 2024.12 |
| Pakistan | Ref | JIANG Zaidong (姜再冬) | Islamabad | 2023.09 |
| 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 | YANG Xiaoguang (杨晓光) | Port Moresby | 2024.07 |
| Peru | Ref | SONG Yang (宋扬) | Lima | 2022.08 |
| Philippines | Ref | Vacant | Manila | TBA |
| Poland | Ref | LU Shan (卢山) | Warsaw | 2025.08 |
| Portugal | Ref | Vacant | Lisbon | TBA |
| Qatar | Ref | CAO Xiaolin (曹小林) | Doha | 2024.01 |
| Romania | Ref | CHEN Feng (陈峰) | Bucharest | 2025.09 |
| Russia | Ref | ZHANG Hanhui (张汉晖) | Moscow | 2019.08 |
| Rwanda | Ref | GAO Wenqi (高文棋) | Kigali | 2025.06 |
| Samoa | Ref | FEI Mingxing (费明星) | Apia | 2024.01 |
| San Marino[8] | Ref | Vacant | Rome | TBA |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | Ref | XU Yingzhen (徐迎真) | São Tomé | 2020.10 |
| Saudi Arabia | Ref | CHANG Hua (常华) | Riyadh | 2024.05 |
| Senegal | Ref | LI Zhigang (李志刚) | Dakar | 2025.04 |
| Serbia | Ref | Li Ming (李明) | Belgrade | 2023.09 |
| Seychelles | Ref | LIN Nan (林楠) | Victoria | 2023.12 |
| Sierra Leone | Ref | Vacant | Freetown | TBA |
| Singapore | Ref | CAO Zhongming (曹忠明) | Singapore | 2024.03 |
| Slovakia | Ref | CAI Ge (蔡革) | Bratislava | 2023.09 |
| Slovenia | Ref | Vacant | Ljubljana | TBA |
| Solomon Islands | Ref | CAI Weiming (蔡蔚鸣) | Honiara | 2023.12 |
| Somalia | Ref | WANG Yu (王昱) | Mogadishu | 2024.08 |
| South Africa | Ref | WU Peng (吴鹏) | Pretoria | 2024.06 |
| South Sudan | Ref | MA Qiang (马强) | Juba | 2022.09 |
| Spain[4] | Ref | YAO Jing (姚敬) | Madrid | 2023.09 |
| Sri Lanka | Ref | QI Zhenhong (戚振宏) | Colombo | 2020.10 |
| Sudan | Ref | Vacant | Khartoum | TBA |
| Suriname | Ref | LIN Ji (林棘) | Paramaribo | 2024.11 |
| Sweden | Ref | Vacant | Stockholm | TBA |
| Switzerland[10] | Ref | QIAN Minjian (钱敏坚) | Bern | 2025.06 |
| Syria | Ref | SHI Hongwei (史宏微) | Damascus | 2023.01 |
| Tajikistan | Ref | GUO Zhijun (郭志军) | Dushanbe | 2025.07 |
| Tanzania | Ref | CHEN Mingjian (陈明健) | Dar es Salaam | 2021.10 |
| Thailand | Ref | ZHANG Jianwei (张建卫) | Bangkok | 2025.07 |
| Timor-Leste | Ref | WANG Wenli (王文丽) | Dili | 2023.10 |
| Togo | Ref | WANG Min (王敏) | Lomé | 2025.06 |
| Tonga | Ref | LIU Weimin (刘为民) | Nuku'alofa | 2024.04 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Ref | REN Hongyan (任洪岩) | Port of Spain | 2025.08 |
| Tunisia | Ref | WAN Li (万黎) | Tunis | 2023.01 |
| Turkey | Ref | JIANG Xuebin (姜学斌) | Ankara | 2025.01 |
| Turkmenistan | Ref | JI Shumin (吉树民) | Ashgabat | 2025.07 |
| Uganda | Ref | ZHANG Lizhong (张利忠) | Kampala | 2021.06 |
| Ukraine | Ref | MA Shengkun (马升琨) | Kyiv | 2024.11 |
| United Arab Emirates | Ref | ZHANG Yiming (张益明) | Abu Dhabi | 2022.05 |
| United Kingdom | Ref | ZHENG Zeguang (郑泽光) | London | 2021.06 |
| 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 | 2022.08 |
| Venezuela | Ref | LAN Hu (蓝虎) | Caracas | 2023.04 |
| Vietnam | Ref | HE Wei (何炜) | Hanoi | 2024.09 |
| Yemen | Ref | Vacant | Sana’a | TBA |
| Zambia | Ref | HAN Jing (韩镜) | Lusaka | 2024.08 |
| 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 | 2019.06 |
| Association of Southeast Asian Nations | Vacant | Jakarta | TBA |
| African Union | JIANG Feng (蒋烽) | Addis Ababa | 2025.07 |
| European Union | CAI Run (蔡润) | Bruxelles | 2024.09 |
| United Nations | FU Cong (傅聪) | New York | 2024.04 |
| United Nations Office in Geneva | Vacant | Geneva | TBA |
| United Nations Office in Vienna | LI Song (李松) | Vienna | 2023.02 |
| United Nations Office in Bangkok | YE Xuenong (叶学农) | Bangkok | 2024.05 |
| Food and Agriculture Organization | ZHANG Lubiao (张陆彪) | Rome | 2024.11 |
| World Trade Organization | LI Yongjie (李詠箑) | Geneva | 2025.09 |
| International Seabed Authority[9] | WANG Jinfeng (王锦峰) | Kinston | 2025.08 |
| Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons[12] | Vacant | The Hague | TBA |
Ambassadors-at-large
Current ambassador-at-Large from the People's Republic of China with worldwide responsibility
| Title (competence) | Ambassador | since |
|---|---|---|
| Ambassador of China for Disarmament Affairs (特命全权裁军事务大使) | SHEN Jian (沈健) | 2023.08 |
See also
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.
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