List of ambassadors of Romania to China

Ambassador of Romania to China
Ambasador al României la Beijing
Coat of arms of Romania
Incumbent Basil Vasilica Constantinescu since October 26, 2017
Inaugural holder	Teodor Rudenco  [ de ]
Formation	March 10, 1950

The Romanian Ambassador to China is the official representative of the Government in Bucharest to the Government in Beijing (People's Republic of China). He is concurrently accredited in Ulaanbator (Mongolia).

China is nowadays Romania's largest commercial partner after the EU and the accelerating pace of bilateral trade.

List of Ambassadors

Diplomatic agrément/Diplomatic accreditation	Ambassador	Observations	List of heads of state of Romania	Premier of the People's Republic of China	Term end
10 March 1950	Teodor Rudenco  [ de ]		Constantin Ion Parhon	Zhou Enlai	December 1952
1952	Iacob Coţoveanu  [ de ]		Petru Groza	Zhou Enlai
1956	Nicolae Cioroiu  [ de ]		Petru Groza	Zhou Enlai
18 November 1957	Teodor Rudenco  [ de ]		Petru Groza	Zhou Enlai	1958
1959	Barbu Zaharescu  [ de ]		Ion Gheorghe Maurer	Zhou Enlai	1961
1961	Gheorghiu Dumitru		Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej	Zhou Enlai	1966
1966	Aurel Duma		Chivu Stoica	Zhou Enlai	1971
1972	Nicolae Gavrilescu		Nicolae Ceaușescu	Zhou Enlai	1978
6 July 1978	Florea Dumitrescu		Nicolae Ceaușescu	Hua Guofeng	15 April 1983
1987	Angelo Miculescu  [ ro ]		Nicolae Ceaușescu	Li Peng	19 March 1990
4 June 1990	Romulus Ioan Budura	[1]	Ion Iliescu	Li Peng	16 January 1996
20 November 2002	Viorel Isticioaia Budura	[2]	Ion Iliescu Traian Băsescu	Zhu Rongji Wen Jiabao	1 March 2012
1 March 2012	Doru Romulus Costea	[3]	Traian Băsescu Klaus Iohannis	Wen Jiabao Li Keqiang	2016
26 October 2017	Basil Vasilica Constantinescu		Klaus Iohannis	Li Keqiang Li Qiang	23 May 2023
9 November 2023	Dan Maxim		Klaus Iohannis	Li Qiang

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• China–Romania relations

References

1. Romulus Ion Butura
2. Viorel Isticioaia Budura
3. Doru Romulus Costea