List of ambassadors of China to the Maldives explained

Post:	Ambassador
Body:	China to the Maldives
Incumbent:	Wang Lixin
Inaugural:	Sze Sung-hsi
Website:	http://mv.china-embassy.org

The Chinese ambassador in Malé is the official representative of the Government in Beijing to the Government of the Maldives.

List of representatives

Diplomatic agrément/Diplomatic accreditation	ambassador	Chinese language	Observations	Premier of the People's Republic of China	President of the Maldives	Term end
			Independence of the Maldives from the United Kingdom.	Yen Chia-kan	Muhammad Fareed Didi
			Taiwan opened in Malé an embassy headed by Sze Sung-hsi, who was at this time the only resident ambassador in Malé.	Yen Chia-kan	Muhammad Fareed Didi
	Liu Hsin-yu	刘新玉	former ambassador to Botswana.	Yen Chia-kan	Muhammad Fareed Didi
		张仲仁		Yen Chia-kan	Ibrahim Nasir
			The governments in Beijing and Malé establish diplomatic relations.	Zhou Enlai	Ibrahim Nasir
	Ma Ziqing		with residence in Colombo (Sri Lanka). From June 1965 to December 1966 he was ambassador in Mali From July 1970 to February 1973 he was ambassador in Colombo Ceylon / Sri Lanka"	Zhou Enlai	Ibrahim Nasir
	Huang Mingda (PRC diplomat)		with residence in Colombo (Sri Lanka). From March 1973 to May 1977 he was ambassador in Colombo Sri Lanka. September 1977 to October 1979 he was ambassador in Kabul, Afghanistan. From July 1982 to June 1985 he was ambassador in Myanmar.^[1]	Zhou Enlai	Ibrahim Nasir
	Sun Shengwei		with residence in Colombo (Sri Lanka).(*May 1917 in Shandong) From August 1971 to May 1977 he was ambassador in Kuwait From September 1977 to January 1981 he was ambassador in Sri Lanka From May 1981 to January 1985 he was ambassador in Finland.	Hua Guofeng	Ibrahim Nasir
	Gao E		with residence in Colombo (Sri Lanka).	Zhao Ziyang	Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
	Zhou Shanyan		with residence in Colombo (Sri Lanka).	Zhao Ziyang	Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
	Zhang Ruijie		with residence in Colombo (Sri Lanka). From July 1985 to June 1987he was ambassador in Ethiopia From September 1987 to August 1991 he was ambassador in Sri Lanka"	Li Peng	Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
	Zhang Lian		with residence in Colombo (Sri Lanka).	Li Peng	Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
	Zhang Chengli		with residence in Colombo (Sri Lanka).(*1993) From September 1993 to February 1995 he was ambassador in Sri Lanka. From April 1995 to January 1999 he was ambassador in Pakistan.	Li Peng	Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
	Chen Defu		with residence in Colombo (Sri Lanka).	Li Peng	Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
	Zhang Yun (PRC diplomat)		with residence in Colombo (Sri Lanka). From May 2004 to February 2007 he was ambassador in Singapore From June 1999 to June 2000 he was ambassador in Sri Lanka"	Zhu Rongji	Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
	Jiang Qinzheng		with residence in Colombo (Sri Lanka).	Zhu Rongji	Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
	Sun Guoxiang		with residence in Colombo (Sri Lanka). From April 2003 to November 2006 he was ambassador in Sri Lanka From November 2006 to September 2008 he was ambassador in Ankara (Turkey). From November 2008 to September 2011 Ambassador in Hanoi (Vietnam). From 2011 to December 2014 Chinese Consul General in New York	Wen Jiabao	Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
	Ye Dabo		with residence in Colombo (Sri Lanka). From May 2004 to October 2006 he was ambassador in Dominica. From December 2006 to February 2009 he was ambassador in Sri Lanka From January 2009 to September 2010 he was ambassador in Myanmar.	Wen Jiabao	Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
	Yang Xiuping		From February 2009 to June 2012 he was ambassador in Colombo Sri Lanka his coaccredition in Malé is disputed. From March 2002 to January 2005 he was ambassador in Lithuania. Since July 2012 he is permanent representative at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.	Wen Jiabao	Mohamed Nasheed
	Yu Hongyao		From August 2007 to January 2011 he was ambassador in Mongolia. From October 2011 to December 2013 he was ambassador with residence in Malé Maldives	Wen Jiabao	Mohamed Nasheed
	Wang Fukang	王福康	^[2]	Li Keqiang	Mohamed Nasheed
August 28, 2017	Zhang Lizhong		^[3]	Li Keqiang	Abdulla Yameen	September 6, 2021
September 6, 2021	Wang Lixin		^[4]	Li Keqiang	Ibrahim Mohamed Solih

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Notes and References

1. Book: Wolfgang Bartke . Who was Who in the People's Republic of China: With more than 3100 Portraits . Walter de Gruyter . 2012 . 9783110968231 . reprint . 169.
2. http://mv.china-embassy.org/eng/sgxx/dsjl/ Wang Fukang
3. Web site: 28 August 2017 . H.E. Zhang Lizhong, New Ambassador of the People's Republic of China Commences His Term in the Maldives . 28 April 2024 . Embassy of the People's Republic of China, Malé.
4. Web site: 6 September 2021 . 新任驻马尔代夫大使王立新向萨利赫总统递交国书 . Newly appointed Ambassador to the Maldives Wang Lixin presented his credentials to President Solih . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20220512125259/https://www.mfa.gov.cn/ce/cemv//chn/sgsd/t1904944.htm . 12 May 2022 . Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China.
5. Web site: 驻马尔代夫共和国历任大使 . Ambassadors to the Republic of Maldives . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170410051451/http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/chn//gxh/zlb/zgwjrw/2167/2168/t9136.htm . 10 April 2017 . Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China.