List of ambassadors of China to North Korea explained

Post:Chinese Ambassador to North Korea
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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."

List of representatives

Ministers of Imperial China

Ambassadors of the People's Republic

Diplomatic relations since .[3]

AmbassadorTook officeLeft officeNotes
1Ni ZhiliangJuly 1950September 1952
2Pan ZiliJanuary 1955February 1956
3Qiao XiaoguangApril 1956July 1961
4Hao DeqingAugust 1961November 1965
5Jiao RuoyuDecember 1965March 1970
6Li YunchuanMarch 1970June 1976
7Lu ZhixianSeptember 1976February 1982
8 Zong KewenAugust 1982August 1987
9Wen YezhanOctober 1987May 1990
10June 1990September 1993
11Qiao ZonghuaiSeptember 1993March 1997
12Wan YongxiangApril 1997March 2000
13Wang GuozhangApril 2000December 2001
14Wu DongheDecember 2001August 2006
15September 2006February 2010
16Liu HongcaiMarch 2010February 2015[4]
17Li JinjunMarch 2015December 2021[5]
18Wang YajunDecember 2021

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. Korean Mission to the Conference on the Limitation of Armament, Washington, D.C., 1921-1922. (1922).
  2. Korean Mission
  3. , The diplomatic service of the People's Republic of China as of 1984, p. 100
  4. Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Curriculum vitae of Ambassador Liu Hongcai
  5. [Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China]