The World Xiangqi Championship is organised by the World Xiangqi Federation (WXF) and is held every two years since 1991. The inaugural edition took place in 1990 in Singapore.
| 1 | 1990 |  Lü Qin | Teo Sim Hua |  Winston Williams | ||
| 2 | 1991 | Zhao Guorong | Hu Ming | Winston Williams | ||
| 3 | 1993 | Xu Tianhong | Hu Ming | Mai Thanh Minh | ||
| 4 | 1995 | Singapore | Lü Qin |  Huang Yuying | Vo Van Hoang Tung | |
| 5 | 1997 | Lü Qin |  Lin Ye | Mai Thanh Minh | ||
| Non-Chinese&Vietnamese | ||||||
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| 6 | 1999 | Xu Yinchuan | Jin Haiying |  Shoshi Kazuharu | ||
| 7 | 2001 | Lü Qin | Wang Linna Gao Yiping |  Kon Island | ||
| 8 | 2003 | Xu Yinchuan | Guo Liping | Shoshi Kazuharu | ||
| 9 | 2005 | Lü Qin | Guo Liping | Kon Island | ||
| 10 | 2007 | Macau | Xu Yinchuan | Wu Xia | Shoshi Kazuharu | |
| 11 | 2009 | Zhao Xinxin | You Yingqin | Iwan Setiawan | ||
| 12 | 2011 | Jiang Chuan | Tang Dan | Kon Island | ||
| 13 | 2013 | Wang Tianyi | Tang Dan |  Krishna Sankirtan[1] | ||
| 14 | 2015[2] | Zheng Weitong | Wang Linna | Shoshi Kazuharu | ||
| 15 | 2017 | Wang Tianyi | Tang Dan | Joep Nabuurs | ||
| 16 | 2019 | Xu Chao |  Jie Dan | Shoshi Kazuharu | ||
| 17 | 2022 | Wang Tianyi | Zuo Wenjing |
See main article: world championships.