Post: | Chinese Ambassador to North Korea |
Insignia: | National Emblem of the People's Republic of China (2).svg |
Insigniasize: | 100px |
Insigniacaption: | National Emblem of the People's Republic of China |
Incumbent: | Wang Yajun |
Incumbentsince: | December 2021 |
Inaugural: | Ni Zhiliang |
Website: | http://kp.china-embassy.org |
The Chinese Ambassador to North Korea is the official representative of the People's Republic of China to the Democratic People's 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 Democratic People's Republic of Korea."
Diplomatic relations since .[3]
Ambassador | Took office | Left office | Notes | |
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1 | Ni Zhiliang | July 1950 | September 1952 | |
2 | Pan Zili | January 1955 | February 1956 | |
3 | Qiao Xiaoguang | April 1956 | July 1961 | |
4 | Hao Deqing | August 1961 | November 1965 | |
5 | Jiao Ruoyu | December 1965 | March 1970 | |
6 | Li Yunchuan | March 1970 | June 1976 | |
7 | Lu Zhixian | September 1976 | February 1982 | |
8 | Zong Kewen | August 1982 | August 1987 | |
9 | Wen Yezhan | October 1987 | May 1990 | |
10 | June 1990 | September 1993 | ||
11 | Qiao Zonghuai | September 1993 | March 1997 | |
12 | Wan Yongxiang | April 1997 | March 2000 | |
13 | Wang Guozhang | April 2000 | December 2001 | |
14 | Wu Donghe | December 2001 | August 2006 | |
15 | September 2006 | February 2010 | ||
16 | Liu Hongcai | March 2010 | February 2015 | [4] |
17 | Li Jinjun | March 2015 | December 2021 | [5] |
18 | Wang Yajun | December 2021 |