| Office1: | Chinese Ambassador to Japan | ||||||||
| Term Start1: | February 28, 2010 | ||||||||
| Term End1: | May 2019 | ||||||||
| Predecessor1: | Cui Tiankai | ||||||||
| Successor1: | Kong Xuanyou | ||||||||
| Office2: | Chinese Ambassador to South Korea | ||||||||
| Term Start2: | October 2008 | ||||||||
| Term End2: | January 2010 | ||||||||
| Predecessor2: | Ning Fukui | ||||||||
| Successor2: | Zhang Xinsen | ||||||||
| Office3: | Chinese Ambassador to Malaysia | ||||||||
| Term Start3: | August 2006 | ||||||||
| Term End3: | August 2008 | ||||||||
| Predecessor3: | Wang Chungui | ||||||||
| Successor3: | Liu Jian | ||||||||
| Cheng Yonghua | |||||||||
| Native Name Lang: | zh | ||||||||
| Birth Place: | Changchun, Jilin, China | ||||||||
| Party: | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||||
| Children: | 1 | ||||||||
| Alma Mater: | Wako University Sōka University | ||||||||
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Cheng Yonghua (; born September 1954) is a Chinese diplomat who served as Ambassador to Japan from 2010 to 2019.[1]
Cheng was born in Changchun, Jilin in September 1954.
Beginning in 1977, he served in several posts in the Chinese Embassy in Japan, including secretary, director, and counsellor. On February 28, 2010, the Chinese president Hu Jintao appointed Cheng the Chinese Ambassador to Japan, succeeding Cui Tiankai.
Cheng was the Chinese Ambassador to Malaysia from 2006 to 2008, and the Chinese Ambassador to South Korea between October 2008 to January 2010.[2]