List of ambassadors of China to India

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Ambassador of China to India
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Incumbent
Xu Feihong
since May 2024
AppointerThe President
pursuant to a National People's Congress Standing Committee decision
Inaugural holder Xue Shouheng
FormationOctober 1946;78 years ago (1946-10)

The Ambassador of China to India is the official representative from the People's Republic of China to Republic of India. [1]

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List of representatives

This is a list of diplomatic representatives from China to India. It includes envoys of the Republic of China (ROC) from 1946 to 1950, and those of the People's Republic of China (PRC) since 1950.

Pinyin name (alternative name)Chinese nameTitleTook officeLeft officePremier of ChinaPrime Minister of IndiaSource
Xue Shouheng薛寿衡 First Secretary October 1946May 1947 Zhang Qun Jawaharlal Nehru
Luo Jialun 羅家倫Ambassador5 May 194710 January 1950Zhang QunJawaharlal Nehru
Shen Jian申健 Chargé d'affaires 27 May 1950September 1950 Zhou Enlai Jawaharlal Nehru
Yuan Zhongxian袁仲賢AmbassadorSeptember 1950February 1956Zhou EnlaiJawaharlal Nehru
Pan Zili 潘自力Ambassador9 March 195618 July 1962Zhou EnlaiJawaharlal Nehru
Ye Chengzhang叶成章 'Chargé d'affaires19621963Zhou EnlaiJawaharlal Nehru
Chen Zhaoyuan  [ zh ]陈肇源Chargé d'affaires19631969Zhou EnlaiJawaharlal Nehru
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Gulzarilal Nanda
Indira Gandhi 		[N 1]
Huang Mingda 黄明达Chargé d'affaires19701971Zhou EnlaiIndira Gandhi [5]
Liu Fangpu刘芳圃First Secretary19721972Zhou EnlaiIndira Gandhi
Ma Muming 马牧鸣Chargé d'affaires19731976Zhou Enlai
Hua Guofeng 		Indira Gandhi
Chen Zhaoyuan陈肇源Ambassador10 September 19761 December 1979Hua GuofengIndira Gandhi
Morarji Desai
Charan Singh 		[6]
Shen Jian申健Ambassador4 March 198011 July 1984Hua Guofeng
Zhao Ziyang 		Indira Gandhi
Li Lianqing李连庆Ambassador30 November 19841 April 1987Zhao Ziyang Rajiv Gandhi
Tu Guowei屠国维Ambassador28 July 19871 August 1991Zhao Ziyang
Li Peng 		Rajiv Gandhi
V.P. Singh
Chandra Shekhar
P. V. Narasimha Rao 		[7]
Cheng Ruisheng程瑞声Ambassador19 September 19911 November 1994Li PengP. V. Narasimha Rao [8]
Pei Yuanying裴远颖Ambassador2 January 19951 March 1998Li Peng
Zhu Rongji 		P. V. Narasimha Rao
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
H. D. Deve Gowda
Inder Kumar Gujral 		[9]
Zhou Gang周剛Ambassador16 April 19981 June 2001Zhu RongjiAtal Bihari Vajpayee [10]
Hua Junduo華君鐸Ambassador12 September 20011 November 2004Zhu Rongji
Wen Jiabao 		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Manmohan Singh 		[10]
Sun Yuxi 施肇基Ambassador17 January 20051 December 2007Wen JiabaoManmohan Singh [11]
Zhang Yan張炎Ambassador25 March 20081 October 2012Wen JiabaoManmohan Singh [12]
Wei Wei魏苇Ambassador6 January 20131 August 2014Wen Jiabao
Li Keqiang 		Manmohan Singh
Narendra Modi 		[13]
Le Yucheng 乐玉成Ambassador12 September 20141 April 2016Li KeqiangNarendra Modi [14]
Luo Zhaohui 罗照辉Ambassador27 September 20161 May 2019Li KeqiangNarendra Modi [15]
Sun Weidong 孙卫东Ambassador21 July 2019October 2022 [16] Li KeqiangNarendra Modi [17]
Xu Feihong 徐飞洪AmbassadorMay 2024Incumbent Li Qiang Narendra Modi [18]

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