List of ambassadors of China to Japan

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The ambassador of China to Japan is the official representative of the People's Republic of China to Japan.

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During the Qing dynasty, the Chinese envoy held the rank of resident minister. When the Qing dynasty fell in 1912, the Republic of China (1912–1949) was the officially recognized government of China, which upgraded the role to Ambassador in 1936.

When the Kuomintang government fell following the Chinese Civil War, Japan, along with the rest of the world continued to recognize the KMT government in exile as the legitimate government of China until the United Nations passed Resolution 2758 in 1972, recognizing the People's Republic of China as the de jure government of the region. [1]

Due to the current political status of Taiwan, consular services with Taiwan are currently administered through the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan. [2]

List of representatives

Resident Minister of the Qing dynasty

Resident Minister of the Republic of China (1912–1949)

Ambassador of the Republic of China (1912–1949)

Name (English) Name (Chinese) Tenure beginsTenure endsNote
Hsu Shih-Ying 許世英19361938 [1]
Chu Minyi 褚民誼19401941 [1]
Hsu Liang 徐良19411943 [1]
Tsai Pei 蔡培19431945 [1]

Ambassador of Taiwan (until 1972)

Name (English) Name (Chinese) Tenure beginsTenure endsNote
Hollington Tong 董顯光19521956 [1]
Shen Jinding 沈觐鼎 19561959 [1]
Chang Li-sheng 張厲生19591963 [1]
Wei Tao-ming 魏道明19591963 [1]
Cheng Zhimai 陳之邁19661969 [1]
Peng Mengji 彭孟緝 19691972 [1]

Ambassador of the People's Republic of China

Name (English) Name (Chinese) Tenure beginsTenure endsNote
Chen Chu 陈楚April 1973December 1976 [3]
Fu Hao 符浩August 1977February 1982 [3]
Song Zhiguang 宋之光March 1982August 1985 [3]
Zhang Shu 章曙September 1985June 1988 [3]
Yang Zhenya 杨振亚January 1988March 1993 [3]
Xu Dunxin 徐敦信December 1992June 1998 [3]
Chen Jian 陈健April 1998July 2001 [3]
Wu Dawei 武大伟July 2001August 2004 [3]
Wang Yi 王毅September 2004September 2007 [3]
Cui Tiankai 崔天凯September 2007January 2010 [3]
Cheng Yonghua 程永华February 2010May 2019 [3]
Kong Xuanyou 孔铉佑May 2019February 2023 [3]
Wu Jianghao 吴江浩 February 2023 [4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Japan Biographical Encyclopedia. The Rengo Press, LTD. 1958. ASIN   B0015LKCV0.
  2. ↑ The International Law of Recognition and the Status of the Republic of China Archived 2016-03-09 at the Wayback Machine , Hungdah Chiu in The United States and the Republic of China: Democratic Friends, Strategic Allies, and Economic Partners, Steven W. Mosher, Transaction Publishers, 1992, page 24
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 驻日本国历任大使 [List of ambassadors of the People's Republic of China to Japan]. fmprc.gov.cn (in Chinese). 2019.
  4. ↑ Funakoshi, Takashi (4 February 2023). "Veteran Japan hand to become China's next envoy to Tokyo". Asahi Shimbun.
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