The World Xiangqi Championship is organised by the World Xiangqi Federation (WXF) and is held every two years since 1991. The inaugural edition took place in 1990 in Singapore.

List of winners

#	Year	Location	Men	Women	Non-Chinese
1	1990	Singapore	Lü Qin	Teo Sim Hua	Winston Williams
2	1991	Kunming	Zhao Guorong	Hu Ming	Winston Williams
3	1993	Beijing	Xu Tianhong	Hu Ming	Mai Thanh Minh
4	1995	Singapore	Lü Qin	Huang Yuying	Vo Van Hoang Tung
5	1997	Hong Kong	Lü Qin	Lin Ye	Mai Thanh Minh
					Non-Chinese/Non-Vietnamese
6	1999	Shanghai	Xu Yinchuan	Jin Haiying	Shoshi Kazuharu
7	2001	Macau	Lü Qin	Wang Linna Gao Yiping	Kon Island
8	2003	Hong Kong	Xu Yinchuan	Guo Liping	Shoshi Kazuharu
9	2005	Paris	Lü Qin	Guo Liping	Kon Island
10	2007	Macau	Xu Yinchuan	Wu Xia	Shoshi Kazuharu
11	2009	Xintai	Zhao Xinxin	You Yingqin	Iwan Setiawan
12	2011	Jakarta	Jiang Chuan	Tang Dan	Kon Island
13	2013	Huizhou	Wang Tianyi	Tang Dan	Krishna Sankirtan[1]
14	2015[2]	Munich	Zheng Weitong	Wang Linna	Shoshi Kazuharu
15	2017	Manila	Wang Tianyi	Tang Dan	Joep Nabuurs
16	2019	Vancouver	Xu Chao	Jie Dan	Shoshi Kazuharu
17	2021	Kuching	Wang Tianyi	Zuo Wenjing