Chinese Ambassador to South Korea
National Emblem of the People's Republic of China
Incumbent
Xing Haiming
since January 2020
Inaugural holderZhang Tingyan
FormationSeptember 1992; 31 years ago (1992-09)
Websitehttp://kr.china-embassy.org

The Chinese Ambassador to South Korea is the official representative of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of Korea.

Chinese-Korean diplomatic relations were well established before the Joseon period of Korean history. In 1882, the governments of the Kingdom of Great Joseon and in Beijing established diplomatic relations.[1]

The current official title of the incumbent diplomat is "Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of Korea."

List of representatives

Ministers of Imperial China

Ambassadors of the Republic of China

Ambassadors of the People's Republic of China

# Ambassador Took office Left office Notes
1 Zhang Tingyan September 1992 August 1998
2 Wu Dawei September 1998 July 2001
3 Li Bin October 2001 August 2005 [3]
4 Ning Fukui September 2005 October 2008
5 Cheng Yonghua October 2008 February 2010
6 Zhang Xinsen March 2010 December 2013 [4]
7 Qiu Guohong February 2014 December 2019 [5]
8 Xing Haiming January 2020 Incumbent

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Korean Mission to the Conference on the Limitation of Armament, Washington, D.C., 1921-1922. (1922). Korea's Appeal to the Conference on Limitation of Armament, p. 32-33., p. 32, at Google Books
  2. ^ a b Korean Mission p. 33., p. 33, at Google Books
  3. ^ Europa World Year Book 2004, p. 2511., p. 2511, at Google Books
  4. ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China,, Embassy in the ROK
  5. ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, Chinese Ambassadors to R. O. K. (the Republic of Korea) [1], 驻大韩民国历任大使, [2]

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