List of Chinese ambassadors in India
The embassy is in New Delhi .
history
Official diplomatic relations began during World War II in the 1940s, when India was still under British rule . From February 4 to 21, 1942, Chiang Kai-shek visited New Delhi in British India with his wife Wang Chong Hui and Attaché Zhang Daofan , had an audience on February 9 with Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of the Viceroy of India Linlithgow and met in Calcutta , Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi .
After Chinese troops were trained for the Burma campaign in British India , the British colonial authorities issued Chun-Chien Pao (* 1898 in Jiangsu ) exequatur as consul general in Calcutta and a Chinese consulate was set up in Bombay . In New Delhi in 1942 an office of the Chinese Commissioner Office was established . After India gained independence in 1947, it established diplomatic relations with the government in Beijing in 1950 .
After the Indo-Chinese border war of 1962, the People's Republic of China was only represented by one chargé d'affaires in New Delhi from 1962 to 1976.
| appointment | Accreditation | ambassador | Standard Chinese | Remarks | chinese prime minister | Indian Prime Minister | Leave post |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 1942 | Shen Shih-hua | 沈士华 | Chinese Agent in India; Based in Jind House, Lytton Road, New Delhi (* 1901 in Zhejiang ) Bachelor's degree from Saint John's University (Shanghai) , studied at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin , in 1933 he headed the administration department at the Ministry of Communications. 1935: Consul in Hamburg, 1942 he headed the customs station in Rangoon (Burma), August 1945: General Secretary of the municipal administration of Greater Shanghai | Chiang Kai-shek | Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow | Oct 18, 1945 | |
| Feb 25, 1947 | May 17, 1947 | Luo Jialun | 罗家伦 | Ambassador; Lou Chia-lun (Lou Jialun, * 1896–1969), Chinese university director | Chang Ch'un | Jawaharlal Nehru | May 2, 1950 |
| Apr 1, 1950 | Sep 18 1950 | Yuan Zhongxian | 袁仲賢 | (1904–1957) consecutively accredited in Kathmandu from 1955 . | Zhou Enlai | Jawaharlal Nehru | March 9, 1956 |
| March 9, 1956 | Apr 17, 1956 | Pan Zili | 潘自力 | 1955–1956 Ambassador to Pyongyang , consecutively accredited to Kathmandu from 1956 to 1960, 1962–1966: Ambassador to Moscow . | Zhou Enlai | Jawaharlal Nehru | July 18, 1962 |
| 1962 | Ye Chengzhang | 叶成章 | Chargé d'affaires; 1962: Indo-Chinese border war , 1973–1977: Ambassador in Rangoon ( Myanmar ), 1977--1982: Ambassador in Kuala Lumpur | Zhou Enlai | Jawaharlal Nehru | 1963 | |
| 1963 | Chen Zhaoyuan | 陳肇源 | Chargé d'affaires; Negotiations about the return of Nan Qiao by the Indian government. In 1967 and 1968 attacks on the Chinese embassy in New Delhi were recorded, in 1967 the Indian government expelled a Chinese diplomat, and in 1968 the Indian government arrested the Chinese ambassador | Zhou Enlai | Jawaharlal Nehru | 1970 | |
| 1970 | Huang Mingda | 黄 明达 | Chargé d'affaires; 1973–1977: Ambassador in Colombo , consecutively accredited in Malé , 1977–1979: Ambassador in Kabul | Zhou Enlai | Indira Gandhi | 1971 | |
| 1971 | Liu Fangpu | 刘芳 圃 | Chargé d'affaires; 1984–1987: Ambassador to Malabo ( Equatorial Guinea ) | Zhou Enlai | Indira Gandhi | 1972 | |
| 1972 | Ma Muming | 马牧 鸣 | Chargé d'affaires; represented the Chinese government at the coronation of Jigme Singye Wangchuck on June 2, 1974, King of Bhutan Jigme Singye Wangchuck. 1976–1980: Ambassador to Madrid, 1981–1984: Ambassador to Kathmandu. | Zhou Enlai | Indira Gandhi | 1976 | |
| Sep 1 1976 | Sep 20 1976 | Chen Zhaoyuan | 陳肇源 | Ambassador; 1971–1973 Ambassador to Rangoon ( Myanmar ), 1973–1976 Ambassador to Madrid. | Hua Guofeng | Indira Gandhi | Dec. 1, 1979 |
| March 1, 1980 | March 4th 1980 | Shen Jian | 申 健 | 1960–1964: Ambassador to Havana . | Zhao Ziyang | Indira Gandhi | July 11, 1984 |
| Nov 1, 1984 | Nov. 30, 1984 | Li Lianqing | 李連慶 | Zhao Ziyang | Rajiv Gandhi | Apr 1, 1987 | |
| July 1, 1987 | July 31, 1987 | Do guowei | 屠國維 | 1984–1987: Ambassador to Kathmandu. | Li Peng | Rajiv Gandhi | Aug 1, 1991 |
| 3rd Sep 1991 | Cheng Ruisheng | 程 瑞 聲 | 1987–1991: Ambassador to Rangoon ( Myanmar ), | Li Peng | PV Narasimha Rao | Nov 1, 1994 | |
| Jan. 13, 1995 | Pei Yuanying | 裴遠穎 | 1987–1992: Ambassador in Warsaw , from 1991 consecutively accredited in Vilnius . | Li Peng | PV Narasimha Rao | March 1, 1998 | |
| Apr 16, 1998 | June 1, 1998 | Zhou Gang | 周 剛 | Zhu Rongji | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | June 1, 2001 | |
| Sep 12 2001 | Sep 14 2001 | Hua Junduo | 華 君 鐸 | Zhu Rongji | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | Nov 1, 2004 | |
| Jan. 17, 2005 | Jan. 18, 2005 | Sun Yuxi | 孫玉 璽 | Wen Jiabao | Manmohan Singh | Dec. 1, 2007 | |
| March 25, 2008 | Dec 18, 2007 | Zhang Yan | 張炎 | (Born November 3, 1950) | Wen Jiabao | Manmohan Singh | |
| Sep 2014 | Le Yucheng | (* June 1963 in Jiangsu) 2013–2014: Ambassador to Kazakhstan | Li Keqiang | Narendra Modi |
Individual evidence
- ↑ PAO CJ Diplomatic official, Kiangsu, b. 98; MA, Columbia, 21; Hon. LL.D., San Marco Univ., 47; Consul Gen., Calcutta. 41-44; Amb. To Peru, Pao, Chun-chien diplomat, native of Kiangsu, born in 1897; attended Cornell, Columbia and Harvard; consul-general at Calcutta, 1941-44; ambassador to Peru, since 1944; address, Chinese Embassy, Lima, Peru
- ^ William C. Kirby, Germany and Republican China , p. 204
- ↑ Zhang Yan (diplomat) (PDF)
- ↑ Le Yucheng
- ↑ in.china-embassy.org , Ambassadors of the PRC