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Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka
Incumbent
Yang Yin
since 26 February 2015
Inaugural holderYang Mianhuang
Formation1 April 1945; 78 years ago (1945-04-01)

The Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka is the official representative of the People's Republic of China to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.

List of representatives

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
  • On April 30, 1945, the Republic of China sent a consul to the British colony in Ceylon.
  • On February 4, 1948, Ceylon became independent, the Republic of China to continue to maintain consular relations.
  • On January 7, 1950, the Ceylon government recognized the People's Republic of China.[1]
 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)
  • From February 1952 to October 1955 he was deputy director of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions.
  • From July 1952 to October 1955 he was member of the Standing Committee of the China Branch, of the World Peace Council.
  • From October 1952 to October 1954 he was member of the Political and Legal Committee and concurrently deputy director in the Labor Department.
  • In April 1953 he was member of the Trade Union delegation to the first of May celebrations in Moscow.
  • From October 1955 to March 1957 he was director of consular affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China.
  • From June 1957 to August 1962 he was Ambassador in Colombo Ceylon.
  • From September 1963 to January 1967 he was Chinese Ambassador to Mongolia.
  • From March 1973 to July 1975 he was Chinese Ambassador to North Yemen.
  • From September 1975 to November 1978 he was Chinese Ambassador to Finland.[2]
 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).
  • From March 1975 - April 1979 he was Chinese Ambassador to Niger.
 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).
  • From August 1971 - May 1977 he was Chinese Ambassador to Kuwait.
  • From September 1977 - January 1981 he was Ambassador in Colombo and concurrently accredited in Malé (Maldives).
  • From May 1981 - January 1985 he was Chinese Ambassador to Finland.
 Zhou Enlai Sirimavo Bandaranaike January 1, 1981
March 1, 1981 Gao E (PRC diplomat) 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
  • From July 1985 - June 1987 he was Chinese Ambassador to Ethiopia.
  • September 1987 - August 1991 he was Ambassador in Colombo and concurrently accredited in Malé (Maldives).
 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)
  • From May 2004 - October 2006 he was Chinese Ambassador to Dominica.
  • From December 2006 - February 2009 he was Ambassador in Colombo and concurrently accredited in Malé (Maldives).
  • From January 2009 to September 2010 he was Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar.
 Zhu Rongji Ratnasiri Wickremanayake February 1, 2009
February 1, 2009 Yang Xiuping zh:杨秀萍
  • Graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University.
  • From 1980 to 1985, he was admitted to the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • From 1985 to 1988, he was a member of the Office of the United Nations Office at Geneva, and then returned to the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
  • From 1988 to 1993, he was appointed as Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (List of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China spokespersons)
  • From 1993 to 1996, he was appointed to the United Nations Mission
  • 1996 to 1998 Ministry of Foreign Affairs News Division Secretary, Director, Counselor
  • From 1998 to 2002, he was Counselor and spokesman for the Commissioner of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
  • From 2002 to 2004, he served as Consul General of the Chinese Consulate General in Auckland, New Zealand
  • From March 2002 to January 2005 he was Chinese Ambassador to Lithuania.
  • From February 2009 to June 2012 he was Ambassador in Colombo and concurrently accredited in Malé (Maldives).
  • From July 2012 to August 2015 he was the Chinese Ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
 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

6°54′16″N 79°52′17″E / 6.904430°N 79.871421°E / 6.904430; 79.871421 [3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Sir, Adam Roberts (20 August 2012). Democracy, Sovereignty and Terror: Lakshman Kadirgamar on the Foundations of International Order. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 9780857732668.
  2. ^ Zhang Canming
  3. ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, Chinese Ambassadors to Sri Lanka, [1], 驻斯里兰卡民主社会主义共和国历任大使, [2], Malcolm Lamb, Directory of Officials and Organizations in China, [3]
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