List of ambassadors of China to Syria

The Chinese ambassador to Syria is the official representative of the People's Republic of China to the Syrian Arab Republic.

Chinese Ambassador to Syria
Incumbent Shi Hongwei since 29 January 2023
Inaugural holder	Chen Zhifang
Formation	December 1956; 68 years ago (1956-12)

List of representatives

Diplomatic agrément/Diplomatic accreditation[1]	Ambassador	Chinese language zh:中国驻叙利亚大使列表	Observations	List of premiers of the People's Republic of China	List of presidents of Syria	Term end
December 1956	Chen Zhifang	zh:陈志方		Zhou Enlai	Shukri al-Quwatli	April 1958
May 1962	Xu Yixin	zh:徐以新		Zhou Enlai	Nazim al-Kudsi	December 1965
April 1966	Chen Tan	zh:陈坦		Zhou Enlai	Nureddin al-Atassi	April 1967
June 1969	Qin Jialin	zh:秦加林		Zhou Enlai	Nureddin al-Atassi	May 1974
September 1974	Cao Keqiang	zh:曹克强		Zhou Enlai	Hafez al-Assad	May 1979
September 1979	Lu Weizhao	zh:陸維釗		Hua Guofeng	Hafez al-Assad	March 1983
October 1983	Lin Zhaonan	zh:林兆南		Zhao Ziyang	Hafez al-Assad	March 1986
June 1986	Wang Changyi	zh:王昌义		Zhao Ziyang	Hafez al-Assad	March 1989
December 1988	Zhang Zhen	zh:张真		Li Peng	Hafez al-Assad	May 1993
December 1992	Li Qingyu	zh:李清玉		Li Peng	Hafez al-Assad	October 1995
August 1995	Wu Minmin	zh:吴珉珉		Li Peng	Hafez al-Assad	November 1999
August 1999	Shi Yanchun	zh:时延春	From October 1997 to November 1999 he was ambassador in Sana'a (Yemen).	Zhu Rongji	Hafez al-Assad	June 2002
April 2002	Zhou Xiuhua (PRC diplomat)	zh:周秀华	From July 2000 to August 2002 he was ambassador to Qatar.	Zhu Rongji	Bashar al-Assad	April 2007
April 2007	Li Huaxin	zh:李华新	(* April 1957) married one son. From April 2007 to August 2011 he was Ambassador in Damascus (Syria). From November 2005 to February 2007 he was ambassador in Baghdad (Iraq). Since June 2016 he is ambassador in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia).	Wen Jiabao	Bashar al-Assad	August 2011
August 2011	Zhang Xun (diplomat)	zh:张迅	From June 2007 to December 2010 he was ambassador in Mauritania. From August 2011 to April 2014 he was ambassador in Damascus (Syria). Since October 2015 he is Ambassador to Senegal[2]	Wen Jiabao	Bashar al-Assad	April 2014
April 2014	Wang Kejian	王克俭	On September 7, 2016 he was appointed Chinese Ambassador to Lebanon in Beirut.	Li Keqiang	Bashar al-Assad	August 11, 2016
August 11, 2016	Qi Qianjin	齐前进	[3]	Li Keqiang	Bashar al-Assad
October 30, 2018	Feng Biao	齐前进		Li Keqiang	Bashar al-Assad	August 2022
January 29, 2023	Shi Hongwei	史宏微	[4]	Li Keqiang	Bashar al-Assad

See also

• Ambassadors of the People's Republic of China