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| Ambassador of China to Sri Lanka | |
|---|---|
Incumbent since 26 February 2015Yang Yin | |
| Inaugural holder | Yang Mianhuang |
| Formation | 1 April 1945 |
The Ambassador of China to Sri Lanka is the official representative of the People's Republic of China to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.
| Diplomatic agrément/Diplomatic accreditation | Ambassador | Chinese language zh:中国驻斯里兰卡大使列表 | Observations | Premier of the People's Republic of China | List of prime ministers of Sri Lanka | Term end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1, 1945 | Yang Mianhuang | 楊冕煌 |
| Chiang Kai-shek | Henry Monck-Mason Moore | January 7, 1950 |
| February 7, 1957 | The governments in Beijing and Colombo established diplomatic relations. | Zhou Enlai | S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike | |||
| June 1, 1957 | Zhang Canming | zh:张灿明 | (* 1914 in Sichuan)
| Zhou Enlai | S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike | August 1, 1962 |
| September 1, 1962 | Xie Kexi | zh:谢克西 | *From September 1962 to December 1965 he was Ambassador in Colombo Ceylon and concurrently accredited in Malé (Maldives).
| Zhou Enlai | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | December 1, 1965 |
| August 1, 1966 | Yao Guang | zh:姚广 | Zhou Enlai | S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike | September 1, 1969 | |
| October 1, 1969 | Cao Keqiang | zh:曹克强 | Zhou Enlai | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | June 1, 1970 | |
| July 1, 1970 | Ma Ziqing | zh:马子卿 |
| Zhou Enlai | Dudley Shelton Senanayake | February 1, 1973 |
| March 1, 1973 | Huang Mingda | zh:黄明达 | Also accredited in Malé (Maldives). | Zhou Enlai | Dudley Shelton Senanayake | May 1, 1977 |
| September 1, 1977 | Sun Shengwei | zh:孙盛渭 | Also accredited in Malé (Maldives).
| Zhou Enlai | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | January 1, 1981 |
| March 1, 1981 | Gao E | zh:高鄂 | Also accredited in Malé (Maldives). | Zhou Enlai | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | October 1, 1984 |
| November 1, 1984 | Zhou Shanyan | zh:周善延 | Also accredited in Malé (Maldives). | Hua Guofeng | Junius Richard Jayawardene | June 1, 1987 |
| September 1, 1987 | Zhang Ruijie | zh:张瑞杰 |
| Zhao Ziyang | Ranasinghe Premadasa | August 1, 1991 |
| September 1, 1991 | Zhang Lian | zh:张联 | Also accredited in Malé (Maldives). | Zhao Ziyang | Ranasinghe Premadasa | December 1, 1993 |
| December 1, 1993 | Zhang Chengli | zh:张成礼 |
| Li Peng | Ranasinghe Premadasa | February 1, 1995 |
| March 1, 1995 | Chen Defu | zh:陈德福 | Also accredited in Malé (Maldives). | Li Peng | Dingiri Banda Wijetunga | May 1, 1999 |
| June 1, 1999 | Zhang Yun (PRC diplomat) | zh:张云 (外交官) |
| Li Peng | Ranil Wickremesinghe | June 1, 2000 |
| July 1, 2000 | Jiang Qinzheng | zh:江勤政 | Also accredited in Malé (Maldives). | Li Peng | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | February 1, 2003 |
| April 1, 2003 | Sun Guoxiang | zh:孙国祥 |
November 2008 - September 2011 he was Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam.
| Zhu Rongji | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | November 1, 2006 |
| December 1, 2006 | Ye Dabo | zh:叶大波 | (*1956)
| Zhu Rongji | Ratnasiri Wickremanayake | February 1, 2009 |
| February 1, 2009 | Yang Xiuping | zh:杨秀萍 |
| Wen Jiabao | Ranil Wickremesinghe | June 1, 2012 |
| June 1, 2012 | Wu Jianghao | 吴江浩 | Wen Jiabao | Ratnasiri Wickremanayake | January 1, 2015 | |
| February 26, 2015 | Yi Xianliang | 易先良 | Li Keqiang | Ranil Wickremesinghe | ||
| February 26, 2015 | Yang Yin (PRC diplomat) | Charge D'affaires | Li Keqiang | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
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