The current Chinese Ambassador to Japan is the official representative of the People's Republic of China to Japan.

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 begins Tenure ends Note
Hsu Shih-Ying 許世英 1936 1938 [1]
Chu Minyi 褚民誼 1940 1941 [1]
Hsu Liang 徐良 1941 1943 [1]
Tsai Pei 蔡培 1943 1945 [1]

Ambassador of Taiwan (until 1972)

Name (English) Name (Chinese) Tenure begins Tenure ends Note
Hollington Tong 董顯光 1952 1956 [1]
Shen Jinding 沈觐鼎 1956 1959 [1]
Chang Li-sheng 張厲生 1959 1963 [1]
Wei Tao-ming 魏道明 1959 1963 [1]
Cheng Zhimai 陳之邁 1966 1969 [1]
Peng Mengji 彭孟緝 1969 1972 [1]

Ambassador of the People's Republic of China

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

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k 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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l 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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