List of ambassadors of China to the United States

The ambassador of China to the United States is the official representative of the People's Republic of China to the United States. The current ambassador is Xie Feng. The official full title of the office is the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the United States of America.

List of representatives

This is a list of diplomatic representatives from China to the United States. It includes envoys of the Qing dynasty and the Republic of China from 1875 to 1978, and those of the People's Republic of China since 1973. Official Full TitleDurationImperial Envoy of the Great Qing Country Sent to the United States of America1875–1912Envoy of the Republic of China in the United States of America1912–1935Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of China to the United States of America1928–1978Representative of the Cooridination Council for North American Affairs1979–1994Representative of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States of America1994–IncumbentDirector of the Liaison Office of the People's Republic of China to the United States of America1973–1979Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the United States of America1979–Incumbent

Qing dynasty Name Chinese name Took office Left office Monarch Ref.Chen Lanbin陳蘭彬11 December 187524 June 1881Guangxu EmperorZheng Zaoru鄭藻如24 June 188126 July 1885Zhang Yinheng張蔭桓27 July 188528 September 1889Tsui Kwo Yin崔國因31 March 18892 September 1893Yang Yü楊儒189323 November 1896梁建. 杨儒解决美国排华问题的实践与构想述论 [Yang Yü's tackling of US Anti-Chinese policy]. 西南交通大学学报(社会科学版), 2011,12(2):82-86.Wu Ting-fang伍廷芳23 November 189612 July 1902Wu Tingfang, America, Through the Spectacles of an Oriental Diplomat Stokes (1914); Bastian Books (2008) Liang Cheng梁誠19 July 19023 July 1907Wu Ting-fang伍廷芳December 190712 August 1909Xuantong EmperorZhang Yintang張蔭棠12 August 190925 October 1911

Provisional government +NameChinese nameTook officeLeft officePresidentRef.Alfred Sao-ke Sze施肇基— 10 October 1913Sun Yat-senYuan Shikai

Beiyang government Name Chinese name Took office Left office President Ref.Kai Fu Shah劉式訓19131915Yuan ShikaiWellington Koo顧維鈞25 October 191529 September 1920Li YuanhongXu ShichangAlfred Sao-ke Sze施肇基19201928Cao KunDuan QiruiZhang Zuolin

Nationalist government Name Chinese name Took office Left office Chairman Ref.Wu Chaoshu伍朝樞19281931Tan YankaiChiang Kai-shekYan Huiqing顏惠慶19311933Lin SenAlfred Sao-ke Sze施肇基19331936Chengting T. Wang王正廷19361938Hu Shih胡適29 October 19381 September 1942Wei Tao-ming魏道明19421946Wellington Koo顧維鈞27 June 1946—Chiang Kai-shek

Government of the Republic of China after the 1947 constitution +NameChinese nameTook officeLeft officePresidentRef.Wellington Koo顧維鈞—21 March 1956Chiang Kai-shekHollington Tong董顯光19561958George Yeh葉公超August 1958November 1961Tsiang Tingfu蔣廷黻18 November 196129 May 1965Chow Shu-kai周書楷19651971James Shen沈劍虹9 April 197131 December 1978Yen Chia-kanChiang Ching-kuo Due to the Republic of China’s expulsion from the United Nations in 1971 and the United States’ recognition of the Peoples’ Republic of China, see the list of representatives of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States for representatives after 1979.

Liaison Office of the People's Republic of China The official full title of the post was the Director of the Liaison Office of the People's Republic of China in the United States of America (). No. Name Chinese name Took office Left office Ref.1Huang Zhen黄镇30 May 197318 November 19772Chai Zemin柴泽民9 August 197823 February 1979

People's Republic of China The official full title of the post is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the United States of America (). No. Name Chinese name Took office Left office Appointer Ref.1Chai Zemin柴泽民23 February 197927 December 1982N/A2Zhang Wenjin章文晋4 March 198310 April 19853Han Xu韩叙3 May 198518 August 1989Li Xiannian4Zhu Qizhen朱启祯20 October 198930 March 1993Yang Shangkun5Li Daoyu李道豫8 April 1993February 1998Jiang Zemin6Li Zhaoxing李肇星11 March 199830 January 20017Yang Jiechi杨洁篪18 February 20016 March 20058Zhou Wenzhong周文重3 April 20051 March 2010 Hu Jintao9Zhang Yesui张业遂14 March 201024 February 2013 10Cui Tiankai崔天凯2 April 201323 June 2021Xi Jinping11Qin Gang秦刚28 July 20215 January 202312Xie Feng谢锋23 May 2023present

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