List of ambassadors of China to Japan

The current Chinese Ambassador to Japan is the official representative of the People's Republic of China to Japan.

During the Qing dynasty, the Chinese envoy held the rank of Resident minister. When the Qing dynasty fell in 1912, the Republic of China (1912–1949) was the officially recognized government of China, which upgraded the role to Ambassador in 1936.

When the Kuomintang government fell following the Chinese Civil War, Japan, along with the rest of the world continued to recognize the KMT government in exile as the legitimate government of China until the United Nations passed Resolution 2758 in 1972, recognizing the People's Republic of China as the de jure government of the region.[1]

Due to the current Political status of Taiwan, consular services with Taiwan are currently administered through the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan.[2]

List of representatives

Resident Minister of the Qing dynasty
  • Ho Ju-Chang, 1876-1877
  • Hsu Ching-cheng (許景澄), 1880-1881
  • Li Shu-Chang, 1881-1884
  • Hsu Cheng-Tsu, 1884-1887
  • Li Shu-Chang, 1887-1890
  • Li Ching-Fang (李經方), 1890-1892
  • Wang Feng-Tsao, 1892-1894
  • Yu Keng, 1895-1898
  • Li Cheng-To, 1898-1901
  • Tsai Tiao, 1901-1903
  • Yang Shu, 1903-1907
  • Li Chia-Chu, 1907-1908
  • Hu Wei-Te (胡惟德), 1908-1910
  • Wang Ta-Hsieh (汪大燮). 1910-1913

Resident Minister of the Republic of China (1912–1949)
  • Ma Ting-Liang, 1913 (chargé d'affaires)
  • Lu Tsung-Yu, 1913-1916
  • Chang Tsung-Hsiang, 1916-1919 (charge d'affairs)
  • Chuang Ching-Ko, 1919-1920
  • Hu Wei-Te (胡惟德), 1920-1922
  • Ma Ting-Liang, 1922 (charge d'affairs)

Ambassador of the Republic of China (1912–1949)
Name (English)Name (Chinese)Tenure beginsTenure endsNote
Hsu Shih-Ying許世英19361938[1]
Chu Minyi褚民誼19401941[1]
Hsu Liang徐良19411943[1]
Tsai Pei蔡培19431945[1]

Ambassador of Taiwan (until 1972)
Name (English)Name (Chinese)Tenure beginsTenure endsNote
Hollington Tong董顯光19521956[1]
Shen Jinding沈觐鼎19561959[1]
Chang Li-sheng張厲生19591963[1]
Wei Tao-ming魏道明19591963[1]
Cheng Zhimai陳之邁19661969[1]
Peng Mengji彭孟緝19691972[1]

Ambassador of the People's Republic of China
Name (English)Name (Chinese)Tenure beginsTenure endsNote
Chen Chu陈楚April 1973December 1976[3]
Fu Hao符浩August 1977February 1982[3]
Song Zhiguang宋之光March 1982August 1985[3]
Zhang Shu章曙September 1985June 1988[3]
Yang Zhenya杨振亚January 1988March 1993[3]
Xu Dunxin徐敦信December 1992June 1998[3]
Chen Jian陈健April 1998July 2001[3]
Wu Dawei武大伟July 2001August 2004[3]
Wang Yi王毅September 2004September 2007[3]
Cui Tiankai崔天凯September 2007January 2010[3]
Cheng Yonghua程永华February 2010May 2019[3]
Kong Xuanyou孔铉佑May 2019February 2023[3]
Wu Jianghao吴江浩February 2023[4]

See also

References
  1. Japan Biographical Encyclopedia. The Rengo Press, LTD. 1958. ASIN B0015LKCV0.
  2. The International Law of Recognition and the Status of the Republic of China Archived 2016-03-09 at the Wayback Machine, Hungdah Chiu in The United States and the Republic of China: Democratic Friends, Strategic Allies, and Economic Partners, Steven W. Mosher, Transaction Publishers, 1992, page 24
  3. 驻日本国历任大使 [List of ambassadors of the People's Republic of China to Japan]. fmprc.gov.cn (in Chinese). 2019.
  4. Funakoshi, Takashi (4 February 2023). "Veteran Japan hand to become China's next envoy to Tokyo". Asahi Shimbun.
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