List of Chinese ambassadors in Japan

Appointed / Accredited	ambassador	Chinese	comment	appointed by	accredited at	Leave post
Sep 30 1876	H Ru-Zhang	何如璋	He Ru-Zhang (* 1838; † 1891)	Cixi	Meiji	Jan 15, 1877
Jan 15, 1877	Hey Ru-Zhang	何如璋		Cixi	Meiji	Dec 2, 1880
Jan 15, 1877	Zhangsi Gui	張斯桂		Cixi	Meiji	Dec 2, 1880
Dec 2, 1880	Xu Jingcheng	許景澄		Cixi	Meiji	Apr 5, 1881
Apr 5, 1881	Li Shuchang	黎庶 昌	Li Shu-chang also Li Shu Chang (* 1837; † 1897) accompanied the mission of Guo Songtao in 1876 as counselor to England, the mission toured Belgium, Sweden, Portugal, Austria and wrote the western magazine.	Cixi	Meiji	Oct 5, 1884
Oct 5, 1884	Xu Chengzu	徐承祖		Cixi	Meiji	June 23, 1887
June 23, 1887	Li Xingrui	李興銳	(* 1827; † 1904) came from a modest agricultural background and joined the civil service in 1852 through service in the militia under Zeng Guofan . September 2, 1899 to November 17, 1900: Governor of Guangxi , September 1 to October 31, 1904: Viceroy of Liangjiang	Cixi	Itō Hirobumi
13 Sep 1887	Li Shu Chang	黎庶 昌	(1837 - December 20, 1896) 1876 member of Guo Songtao's mission to Europe	Cixi	Itō Hirobumi	Sep 9 1890
Sep 9 1890	Li Jingfang	李 經 方	Li Jingfang (* 1855 † September 28, 1934) negotiated the Shimonoseki Treaty .	Cixi	Yamagata Aritomo	July 9, 1892
July 29, 1891	Wang Fengzao	汪 鳳 藻	Wang Fengzao (October 16, 1851 - 1918), Tongwen Guan student .	Cixi	Matsukata Masayoshi	1892
July 9, 1892	Wang Fengzao	汪 鳳 藻		Cixi	Itō Hirobumi	July 29, 1894
Aug 1, 1894			First Sino-Japanese War			Apr. 1895
July 10, 1895	Yu-geng	裕 庚	(† December 18, 1905 in Shanghai) May 1899 to 1902 Ambassador to France	Cixi	Itō Hirobumi	1898
Aug 11, 1898	Huang Zunxian	黃遵憲	Huang Zunxian (born May 29, 1848 in Jiayingzhou † March 28, 1905 in just there)	Cixi	Itō Hirobumi	Oct 6, 1898
Sep 18 1898	Li Sheng-to , also Li Shengduo	李盛 鐸	Li Sheng-to (June 6, 1859 - 1937)	Cixi	Itō Hirobumi	Oct 6, 1898
Oct 6, 1898	Li Sheng-to , also Li Shengduo	李盛 鐸		Cixi	Itō Hirobumi	1901
July 14, 1901	Cai June	蔡 鈞		Cixi	Katsura Taro	1903
June 15, 1903	Yang Shu	楊 樞		Cixi	Katsura Taro	1907
July 12, 1907	Li Jiaju	李家駒	Li Jiaju (* 1871; † 1938) 1903: Governor of Hubei	Cixi	Saionji Kimmochi	March 23, 1908
March 23, 1908	Hu willow	胡 惟 德	Hu Weide (1863-24 November 1933)	Puyi	Katsura Taro	May 24, 1910
May 26, 1910	Wang Daxie	汪大燮	Wang Daxie (1860--1929) Prime Minister of China in 1917 and 1922	Puyi	Katsura Taro	1912
1912	Wang Daxie	汪大燮	Revierment after the founding of the republic, education minister after his return.	Zhao Bingjun	Katsura Taro	Sep 11 1913
Sep 11 1913	Mating Liang	馬廷亮	Chargé d'affaires	Xiong Xiling	Yamamoto Gonnohyōe	Dec 9, 1913
Dec 9, 1913	Zhong Lu	陸 宗 輿	Minister Plenipotentiary	Xiong Xiling	Yamamoto Gonnohyōe	June 30, 1916
June 30, 1916	Liu Chongjie	劉崇杰	Chargé d'affaires	Xu Shichang	Terauchi Masatake	June 30, 1916
June 30, 1916	Zhang Zongxiang	章 宗祥	Zhang Zongxiang (* 1879 - October 1, 1962) recalled on April 17, 1919	Xu Shichang	Terauchi Masatake	June 10, 1919
3rd Sep 1919	Liu Jingren	劉 鏡 人	16 Sep 1912 to Feb. 26, 1918: Envoy to Saint Petersburg	Gong Xinzhan	Hara Takashi	Sep 10 1920
1919	Zhuang Jingke	莊景珂	Chargé d'affaires	Gong Xinzhan	Hara Takashi	1920
Sep 10 1920	Hu willow	胡 惟 德	Minister Plenipotentiary	Sa Zhenbing	Hara Takashi	June 2, 1922
1920	Wang Hong Nian	王鴻 年	Chargé d'affaires	Sa Zhenbing	Hara Takashi	1920
June 2, 1922	Wang Rong Bao	汪 榮 寶	Wang Rong Bao (June 1878 - June 1933)	Wang Ch'ung-hui	Katō Tomosaburō	Aug 6, 1931
1922	Shi Luben	施 履 本	Shi Luben (* 1878 † 1938) chargé January 19, 1923 Huibu act	Wang Ch'ung-hui	Katō Tomosaburō	Jan. 19, 1923
1925	Zhang Yuan day	張 元 節	Chargé d'affaires	Xu Shiying	Kiyoura Keigo	1926
Nov 8, 1931	Chiang Tso-pin	蔣作賓	Chiang Tso-pin (March 1884 - December 24, 1942) General	Chiang Kai-shek	Wakatsuki Reijirō	May 17, 1935
May 7, 1935	Chiang Tso-pin	蔣作賓		Chiang Kai-shek	Okada Keisuke	Feb 8, 1938
Feb 8, 1936	Xu Shiying	許世英	Xu Shiying (* 1873; † October 13, 1964) returns after the Nanking massacre .	Chiang Kai-shek	Hirota Kōki	Jan. 20, 1938
July 7, 1937			Second Sino-Japanese War			Sep 9 1945
Dec 22, 1940	Chu Minyi	褚 民 谊	Chu Minyi (1884--23 August 1946)	Wang Jingwei	Yonai Mitsumasa
Oct 2, 1941	Xu Liang	徐良	Xu Liang (* 1893; † 1951)	Wang Jingwei	Konoe Fumimaro
March 31, 1943	Cai Pei	蔡培	Cai Pei (* 1884; † 1960)	Wang Jingwei	Konoe Fumimaro
1944	Lian Yu	廉隅	Lian Yu (* 1886 in Wuxi †)	Wang Jingwei	Konoe Fumimaro	May 23, 1945
Oct. 1932	Bao Guancheng	鲍观澄	Bao Guancheng (* 1898 in Zhenjiang , † 1975 in Hong Kong) representative of Manchukuo in Tokyo when the two sides had not yet established diplomatic relations.	Zheng Xiaoxu	Saitō Makoto
Apr 26, 1933	Ding Shiyuan	丁士源	Ding Shiyuan (1879 - 1945) Minister Plenipotentiary of Manchukuo in Tokyo	Zheng Xiaoxu	Saitō Makoto
June 19, 1935	Xie Jishi	謝 介 石	Xie Jishi (* 1878 in Hsinchu , † 1945 in Beijing) Ambassador of Manchukuo in Tokyo.	Zhang Jinghui	Okada Keisuke	June 6, 1937
June 23, 1936	Ruan Zhenduo	阮 振 鐸	Ruan Zhenduo (* 1893; † 1973) Ambassador of Manchukuo to Tokyo.	Zhang Jinghui	Hirota Kōki	Dec 1940
Dec 6, 1940	Li Shaogeng	李紹庚	Ambassador of Manchukuo to Tokyo	Zhang Jinghui	Yonai Mitsumasa
29 Sep 1942	Wang Yunqing	王允卿	Wang Yunqing (* 1890; † 1954) Ambassador of Manchukuo to Tokyo.	Zhang Jinghui	Konoe Fumimaro
1952	Hollington Tong	董顯光	Hollington Tong (born November 9, 1887 - † January 10, 1971) Ambassador of the Republic of China in Tokyo.	Chen Cheng	Yoshida Shigeru	1956
1956	Yorkson CT Shen	沈 覲 鼎	Shen Jinding (* 1894 † June 2000) Ambassador of the Republic of China in Tokyo	Yu Hung-Chun	Ishibashi Tanzan	1959
1959	Chang Li-sheng	張 厲 生		Chen Cheng	Kishi Nobusuke	1963
1964	Wei Tao-ming	魏道明		Yen Chia-kan	Satō Eisaku	1966
1966	Chen Chih-mai	陈 之 迈	(* August 23, 1908 † November 8, 1978) Ambassador of the Republic of China in Tokyo	Yen Chia-kan	Satō Eisaku	1969
1969	Peng Meng Ji	彭 孟 緝	(* September 12, 1907 † December 19, 1997) Ambassador of the Republic of China in Tokyo	Yen Chia-kan	Satō Eisaku	1972
1964	So npínghuà	孙 平 化	Head of the Trade Representation of the People's Republic of China in Tokyo, did not return to Tokyo after his home leave in April 1967.	Zhou Enlai	Satō Eisaku	Apr. 1967
Apr. 1967	Zhao Zirui	赵自瑞	Head of the Commercial Mission of the People's Republic of China in Tokyo	Zhou Enlai	Satō Eisaku
1969	Xu Zongmao	许宗茂	Head of the Commercial Mission of the People's Republic of China in Tokyo	Zhou Enlai	Satō Eisaku
May 1972	Xiao Xiàng Qián	萧 向前	Head of the Commercial Mission of the People's Republic of China in Tokyo	Zhou Enlai	Tanaka Kakuei	July 28, 1972
Apr 1, 1973	Chen Chu	陈楚	1966 Ambassador to Ghana, 1977–1980: Permanent Representative of the Government of the People's Republic of China to the UN Headquarters	Zhou Enlai	Tanaka Kakuei	Dec. 2, 1976
Oct 24, 1977	Fu Hao	符 浩	1974–1977: Ambassador to Hanoi	Hua Guofeng	Fukuda Takeo	Nov. 26, 1981
Nov. 26, 1981	Song Zhiguang	宋 之 光	1970–1972: Ambassador to Berlin , 1972–1977: Ambassador to the Court of St James’s	Zhao Ziyang	Suzuki Zenko	29 Sep 1985
29 Sep 1985	Zhang Shu	章 曙	1983–1985: Ambassador to Brussels	Zhao Ziyang	Nakasone Yasuhiro	4th June 1988
4th June 1988	Yang Zhenya	杨振亚	1970–1971: Ambassador to Warsaw, 1972–1973: Ambassador to Ottawa, 1973–1977: Ambassador to Mexico City, 1977–1980: Ambassador to Cairo, 1979–1982: Ambassador to Djibouti, 1980–1983: Ambassador to Paris	Li Peng	Takeshita Noboru	Apr 15, 1993
Apr 15, 1993	Xu Dunxin	徐敦信		Li Peng	Hosokawa Morihiro	June 23, 1998
June 23, 1998	Chen Jian	陈健		Zhu Rongji	Obuchi Keizo	Aug 8, 2001
Aug 8, 2001	Wu Dawei	武大伟		Zhu Rongji	Koizumi Jun'ichirō	Oct 14, 2004
Oct 14, 2004	Wang Yi	王毅	Accredited September 16, 2004	Wen Jiabao	Koizumi Jun'ichirō	Sep 30 2007
Sep 30 2007	Cui Tiankai	崔天凯		Wen Jiabao	Fukuda Yasuo	March 9, 2010
March 9, 2010	Cheng Yonghua	程永华	Accredited March 23, 2010.	Wen Jiabao	Kan Naoto

Individual evidence

1. ↑ He Ru-Zhang
2. ↑ Xu Chengzu
3. ↑ Li Shu Chang
4. ↑ Yu-geng
5. ↑ Yang Shu
6. ↑ Zhang Zongxiang
7. ↑ under Leon Trotsky, the Russians held discussions with Chinese Minister Liu Jingren with the aim of reaching agreement on procedures for liquidating the old “unequal treaty” arrangements and provisions directed against China. Liu Jingren (PDF) 93 SS 20
8. ↑ Zhuang Jingke
9. ↑ Cheng Yonghua