List of Chinese Ambassadors in the United Kingdom

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On January 6, 1950, Clement Attlee 's government recognized the Zhou Enlai government . The Ambassador to the Court of St James’s of the People's Republic of China is based in London .

ambassador

Appointed / Accredited Surname Chinese comment appointed by accredited at Leave post
Aug 28, 1875 Guo Songtao 郭嵩焘 (* 1818; † 1891) Cixi Benjamin Disraeli 25 Aug 1878
Aug 28, 1875 Liu Xihong 許 鈐 身 Chargé d'affaires October 2, 1876 to April 30, 1877 Cixi Benjamin Disraeli Sep 30 1876
25 Aug 1878 Zeng Jize 曾 紀澤
Zeng Jize
 Cixi Benjamin Disraeli July 27, 1885
July 27, 1885 Liu Ruifen 劉瑞芬 (* 1827; † 1892) Cixi Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury May 15, 1889
May 15, 1889 Xue Fucheng 薛福成 Cixi William Ewart Gladstone Nov 11, 1893
Nov 11, 1893 Kung Chao Yuan 龔 照 瑗 (* 1835; † July 20, 1897) Cixi William Ewart Gladstone Nov 23, 1896
Nov 23, 1896 Luo Fenglu 羅豐祿 Father of Zhong Luo Yihe Cixi Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury Nov 14, 1901
Nov 14, 1901 Zhang Deyi 張德彜 (* 1847; † 1919) initially acted as an interpreter from 1866 to 1871 on a mission to America and Europe and accompanied Li Hongzhang Cixi Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury Sep 20 1905
Sep 20 1905 Wang Daxie 汪大燮
Wang Daxie (* 1860; † 1929) Foreign Minister from July 15 to November 30, 1917
 Cixi Henry Campbell-Bannerman May 7, 1907
May 7, 1907 Li Jingfang 李 經 方
Li Jingfang (* 1855; † 1934)
 Cixi Henry Campbell-Bannerman 17 Sep 1910
17 Sep 1910 Liu Yulin 劉玉麟 (* 1863 in Xiangshan ; † 1942 in Macau ) until 1881 participant in the Chinese Educational Mission to America , promoted to ambassador in 1912, retired in 1914 . Pu Yi Herbert Henry Asquith Dec 9, 1913
Dec 9, 1913 Liu Yulin 劉玉麟 Yuan Shikai Herbert Henry Asquith June 20, 1914
June 20, 1914 Alfred Sao-ke Sze 施肇基 On October 6, 1913, the United Kingdom government recognized the Republic of China government . Yuan Shikai Herbert Henry Asquith 29 Sep 1920
29 Sep 1920 Wellington Koo 顧維鈞 Xu Shichang David Lloyd George Aug 5, 1922
Nov 20, 1921 Wellington Koo 顧維鈞 Xu Shichang David Lloyd George Aug 5, 1922
Nov 20, 1921 Zhu Zhao Xin 朱兆 莘
Chu Shao-hsin (1879 - December 10, 1932)
 Xu Shichang David Lloyd George Apr 4, 1925
Oct 7, 1925 Yan Huiqing 颜惠慶
Yan Huiqing (April 2, 1877 - May 24, 1950)
 Xu Shichang Ramsay MacDonald
Jan. 1926 Wang Jingwei 陳維 城 Chargé promoted on May 28, 1929 Legation Xu Shichang Ramsay MacDonald Oct 23, 1929
Jan. 22, 1929 Alfred Sao-ke Sze 施肇基 Chiang Kai-shek Ramsay MacDonald Apr 25, 1932
May 14, 1932 Guo Taiqi 郭泰祺
Guo Taiqi (* 1888 in Hubei; † February 29, 1952 in Santa Barbara, California) promoted to ambassador on May 23, 1935. 1941–1942 Foreign Minister
 Chiang Kai-shek Ramsay MacDonald May 9, 1941
May 9, 1941 Wellington Koo 顧維鈞 Chiang Kai-shek Winston Churchill July 17, 1946
March 3, 1945 Shi Chao-Kui 施 肇 夔 (* 1891; † 1957) Chiang Kai-shek Winston Churchill July 27, 1946
July 17, 1946 Cheng Tien-hsi 鄭天錫 Chiang Kai-shek Winston Churchill Jan. 6, 1950
Sep 10 1954 Huan Xiang 宦 鄉 Chargé d'affaires, 1976–1978 ambassador to Brussels, Luxembourg and to the EC Mao Zedong Winston Churchill March 30, 1962
March 30, 1962 Xiong Xianghui 熊向暉 was recalled as part of the Cultural Revolution, 1972–1973 ambassador to Mexico. Liu Shaoqi Harold Macmillan Jan. 1967
1967 Shen Ping 沈 平 Liu Shaoqi Harold Wilson 1969
1969 Ma Jiajun 马家俊 Dong Biwu Harold Wilson 1970
Nov 1970 Pei Jian Zhang 裴 坚 章 Dong Biwu Edward Heath June 1972
June 1, 1972 Song Zhiguang 宋 之 光 1970–1972: Ambassador to Berlin, 1982–1985: Ambassador to Tokyo Dong Biwu Edward Heath Dec. 27, 1977
Sep 1 1978 Ke Hua 柯 华 1960–1964: Ambassador to Bissau , 1972–1974: Ambassador to Accra, 1975–1978: Ambassador to Manila. Ye Jianying James Callaghan March 28, 1983
Apr 1, 1983 Chen Zhaoyuan 陈肇源 1971–1973: Ambassador to Naypyidaw , 1973–1976: Ambassador to Madrid , 1976–1979: Ambassador to New Delhi . Li Xiannian Margaret Thatcher March 1, 1985
Apr 1, 1985 Hu Dingyi 胡 定 一 Li Xiannian Margaret Thatcher June 1, 1987
Aug 1, 1987 Ji Chaozhu 冀朝铸 1985–1987: Ambassador to Suva , 1985–1987: Ambassador to South Tarawa , 1985–1987: Ambassador to Port Vila . Li Xiannian Margaret Thatcher March 1, 1991
May 1, 1991 Ma Yuzhen 马毓 真 Yang Shangkun John Major Nov 1, 1995
Dec. 1, 1995 Jiang Enzhu 姜恩柱 Jiang Zemin John Major March 6, 1997
March 6, 1997 Ma Zhengang 马振 岗 Jiang Zemin Tony Blair Aug 20, 2002
Aug 20, 2002 Zha Peixin 查 培 新 (* 1946 in Jiangsu Province), 1996–1998: Ambassador to Ottawa Jiang Zemin Tony Blair Apr 11, 2007
Apr 11, 2007 Fu Ying 傅 莹 (* January 1953) Hu Jintao Gordon Brown March 9, 2010
March 9, 2010 Liu Xiaoming 刘晓明 (* 1956 in Jieyang ) Hu Jintao David Cameron

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Edict Naming Liu Jui-fên as the Ambassador to France, Italy, and Belgium (敕 諭 劉瑞芬 出使 法 義 比 三國)
  2. ↑ Kung Chao-Yuan
  3. ↑ china vitae, Zha Peixin
  4. ↑ china, foreign relations