| Post: | Ambassador of Germany to China |
| Insignia: | Plaque of German foreign missions.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 120px |
| Incumbent: | Patricia Flor |
| Incumbentsince: | 15 July 2022 |
| Style: | Her Excellency |
| Appointer: | President Frank-Walter Steinmeier |
| Appointerpost: | President of Germany |
| Formation: | 1873 |
| Inaugural: | Max von Brandt |
| Website: | German Embassy Beijing |
The ambassador of Germany to China is an officer of the German Foreign Office and the head of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany to the People's Republic of China. The position has the rank and status of an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary and is currently held by Patricia Flor. The Federal Republic of Germany and the PRC have enjoyed diplomatic relations since 1972, while the German Democratic Republic had relations with the PRC from 25 October 1949. Unofficial representation to Taiwan has been undertaken by the German Institute Taipei since 2000.
| Incumbent | Start of term | End of term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max von Brandt | 1873 | 1893 | |
| Gustav Freiherr Schenck zu Schweinsberg | 1893 | 1896 | |
| Edmund Friedrich Gustav von Heyking | 1896 | 1899 | |
| Clemens von Ketteler | 1899 | 1900 | |
| Alfons Mumm von Schwarzenstein | 1900 | 1905 | |
| Arthur von Rex | 1906 | 1911 | |
| Elmershaus von Haxthausen | 1911 | 1914 | |
| Emil Krebs (Chargé d'Affaires) | February 1914 | March 1914 | |
| Paul von Hintze | 1914 | 1917 | |
| Relations severed on China's entry in the First World War. | |||
| Herbert von Borch | 1928 | 1931 | |
| Incumbent | Start of term | End of term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oskar Trautmann | 1931 | 1938 | |
| Ambassador recalled on outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War. Recognition transferred to Reorganized National Government. | |||
| Heinrich Georg Stahmer | 1941 | 1942 | |
| 1943 | 1945 | ||
| Incumbent | Start of term | End of term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heinrich Röhreke (Chargé d'Affaires) | 10 October 1972 | 1973 | |
| Rolf Friedemann Pauls | 1973 | 1976 | |
| Erwin Wickert | 1976 | 1980 | |
| Per Fischer | 1980 | 1987 | |
| Hannspeter Hellbeck | 1987 | 1992 | |
| Armin Freitag | 1992 | 1995 | |
| Konrad Seitz | 1995 | 1999 | |
| Hans-Christian Ueberschaer | 1999 | 2001 | |
| Joachim Broudré-Gröger | 2001 | 2004 | |
| Volker Stanzel | 2004 | 2007 | |
| Michael Schaefer | 2007 | 2013 | |
| August 2013 | August 2018 | ||
| [1] | September 2018 | August 2021 | |
| Jan Hecker | 24 August 2021 | 6 September 2021[2] | |
| Frank Rückert (Chargé d'Affaires) | 6 September 2021 | incumbent |
| Incumbent | Start of term | End of term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johannes König | 1950 | 1955 | |
| 1955 | 1958 | ||
| 1958 | 1961 | ||
| 1961 | 1964 | ||
| Günter Kohrt | 1964 | 1966 | |
| 1966 | 1969 | ||
| 1969 | 1973 | ||
| 1973 | 1976 | ||
| Helmut Liebermann | 1976 | 1982 | |
| Rolf Berthold | 1982 | 2 October 1990 |