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.

Ambassador of China to the United States
中华人民共和国 驻美利坚合众国特命全权大使
National Emblem of the People's Republic of China
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Embassy of China, Washington, D.C.
Appointer	The president pursuant to a National People's Congress Standing Committee decision
Inaugural holder	Chen Lanbin
Formation	11 December 1875; 149 years ago (1875-12-11)
Website	us.china-embassy.gov.cn/eng/

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 (ROC) from 1875 to 1978, and those of the People's Republic of China (PRC) since 1973.

Official Full Title	Duration
Imperial Envoy of the Great Qing Country Sent to the United States of America	1875–1912
Envoy of the Republic of China in the United States of America	1912–1935
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of China to the United States of America	1928–1978
Director of the Liaison Office of the People's Republic of China to the United States of America	1973–1979
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the United States of America	1979–Incumbent

Qing dynasty

Name (other spelling)	Chinese name	Took office	Left office	Ref.
Chen Lanbin	陳蘭彬	11 December 1875	24 June 1881	[1]
Zheng Zaoru	鄭藻如	24 June 1881	26 July 1885
Zhang Yinheng	張蔭桓	27 July 1885	28 September 1889
Cuī Guóyīn (Tsui Kwo Yin)	崔國因	31 March 1889	2 September 1893	[2]
Yáng Rú (Yang Yü)	楊儒	1893	23 November 1896	[3]
Wu Tingfang (Ng Choy)	伍廷芳	23 November 1896	12 July 1902	[4]
Liang Cheng (Liang Chentung)	梁誠	19 July 1902	3 July 1907	[5]
Wu Tingfang (Ng Choy)	伍廷芳	December 1907	12 August 1909	[4]
Zhang Yintang (Chang Yin Tang)	張蔭棠	12 August 1909	25 October 1911
Shī Zhàojī (Alfred Sao-ke Sze)	施肇基	25 October 1911	1912	[6]

Beiyang government

Name (other spelling)	Chinese name	Took office	Left office	Ref.
Zhang Yintang (Chang Yin Tang)	張蔭棠	1912	21 June 1912
Xia Xiefu (Kai Fu Shah)	劉式訓	1913	1915
Gù Wéijūn (Wellington Koo)	顧維鈞	25 October 1915	29 September 1920	[7]
Shī Zhàojī (Alfred Sao-ke Sze)	施肇基	1920	1928	[6]

Nationalist government

Name (other spelling)	Chinese name	Took office	Left office	Ref.
Wu Chaoshu (Wu Ch'ao-shu)	伍朝樞	1928	1931	[8]
Yan Huiqing (Weiching Williams Yen)	顏惠慶	1931	1933	[9]
Shī Zhàojī (Alfred Sao-ke Sze)	施肇基	1933	1936	[6][10]
Wang Zhengting (Chengting Thomas Wang)	王正廷	1936	1938	[11]
Hú Shì (Hu Shih)	胡適	29 October 1938	1 September 1942	[12]
Wèi Dàomíng (Wei Tao-ming)	魏道明	1942	1946
Gù Wéijūn (Wellington Koo)	顧維鈞	27 June 1946	21 March 1956	[7]
Dong Xianguang (Hollington Tong)	董顯光	1956	1958	[13]
Yè Gōngchāo (George Yeh)	葉公超	July or August 1958	November 1961	[14][15]
Jiǎng Tíngfú (Tsiang Tingfu)	蔣廷黻	1961	1965	[16]
Zhou Shukai (Chow Shu-kai)	周書楷	1965	1971
Shěn Jiànhóng (James Shen)	沈劍虹	9 April 1971	31 December 1978	[17]

For representatives after 1979, see the list of representatives of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States.

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 (中华人民共和国驻美利坚合众国联络处主任).^[18]

No.	Name	Chinese name	Took office	Left office	Ref.
1	Huang Zhen	黄镇	30 May 1973	18 November 1977	[19]
2	Chai Zemin	柴泽民	9 August 1978	23 February 1979	[19]

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 (中华人民共和国驻美利坚合众国特命全权大使).

No.	Name	Chinese name	Took office	Left office	Appointer	Ref.
1	Chai Zemin	柴泽民	23 February 1979	27 December 1982	N/A	[19]
2	Zhang Wenjin	章文晋	4 March 1983	10 April 1985		[19]
3	Han Xu	韩叙	3 May 1985	18 August 1989	Li Xiannian	[19]
4	Zhu Qizhen	朱启祯	20 October 1989	30 March 1993	Yang Shangkun	[19]
5	Li Daoyu	李道豫	8 April 1993	February 1998	Jiang Zemin	[19]
6	Li Zhaoxing	李肇星	11 March 1998	30 January 2001		[19]
7	Yang Jiechi	杨洁篪	18 February 2001	6 March 2005		[19]
8	Zhou Wenzhong	周文重	3 April 2005	1 March 2010	Hu Jintao	[19]
9	Zhang Yesui	张业遂	14 March 2010	24 February 2013		[19]
10	Cui Tiankai	崔天凯	2 April 2013	23 June 2021	Xi Jinping	[19]
11	Qin Gang	秦刚	28 July 2021	5 January 2023		[20]
12	Xie Feng	谢锋	23 May 2023	present		[21]