The Embassy of the United States in Beijing () is the diplomatic mission of the United States in the People's Republic of China. It serves as the administrative office of the United States Ambassador to China. The embassy complex is in Chaoyang, Beijing."Contact Us ." Embassy of the United States, Beijing. Retrieved on October 21, 2012. "No. 55 An Jia Lou Lu 100600" - Address in Chinese : "北京安家楼路55号 邮编：100600"
In addition to Beijing, it covers the municipalities of Tianjin and Chongqing, the provinces of Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Qinghai, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, and Yunnan, and autonomous regions of Guangxi, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Tibet and Xinjiang.
History
The current U.S. Embassy in Beijing was opened and dedicated on August 8, 2008, by U.S. President George W. Bush"New U.S. Embassy in Beijing dedicated." Associated Press at the Los Angeles Times. August 8, 2008. Retrieved on October 18, 2012. and is the third largest American diplomatic mission in the world, after the Embassy of the United States, Baghdad and the Embassy of the United States, Yerevan. The U.S. embassy had its origins in 1935 when the legation was upgraded into the embassy in Nanjing. However, the central government of the nationalists was relocated to Taipei in 1949 due to the Chinese Civil War and the embassy was reopened in 1953. On January 1, 1979, the embassy was transferred to Beijing after normalizing relations with the communist government on the mainland.
The , eight story facility incorporates a great deal of free-standing transparent and opaque glass in its design. It is located on a plot of land. The embassy warehouse is located in the Beijing Tianzhu Airport Industrial Zone in Shunyi District."U.S. Embassy Auction ." () U.S. State Department. "U.S. Embassy Warehouse – No.18 Tianzhu Road, Area A, Beijing Tianzhu Airport Industrial Zone Shunyi, Beijing (See attached map)" and "北京市顺义区天竺空港工业区A区天柱路18号"
Since the embassy is legally out of reach of the Government of China, it was used as the hiding place of Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng after he escaped from house arrest.
Principal officers Ambassadors
Deputy Chiefs of Mission (DCM)
NamePortrait Start of termEnd of term J. Stapleton Roy 1979 1981 Chas W. Freeman, Jr. 1981 1984 Herbert E. Horowitz 1984 1986 Peter Tomsen 1986 1989 Raymond Burghardt(acting) 19891989 B. Lynn Pascoe 1989 1992 Scott S. Hallford 1992 1996 William C. McCahill, Jr. 1996 1999 G. Eugene Martin 1999 2000 Michael W. Marine September 2000 June 2004 David S. Sedney 2004 2007 Dan Piccuta May 2007 January 2009 William Weinstein(Acting) January 2009 July 2009 Robert Goldberg July 2009 2011 Robert S. Wang January 2011 August 2013 Daniel Kritenbrink July 2013 2015 David H. Rank January 2016January 2017 Julie L. Kavanagh(Acting) January 2017 June 2017 Jonathan Fritz(Acting) June 2017 2018 Robert W. Forden July 2018 October 2020 William Klein(Acting) October 2020 October 2021 Bobby Richey(Acting) October 2021 Gregory May July 2025
See also
List of diplomatic missions of the United States United States Ambassador to China U.S. Consulate General Chengdu U.S. Consulate General Guangzhou U.S. Consulate General Shanghai U.S. Consulate General Shenyang U.S. Consulate General Wuhan Consulate General of the United States, Hong Kong and Macau Embassy of People's Republic of China in Washington, D.C. International School of Beijing Americans in China
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References
External links
Embassy of the United States, Beijing