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 begins	Tenure ends	Note
Hsu Shih-Ying	許世英	1936	1938	[1]
Chu Minyi	褚民誼	1940	1941	[1]
Hsu Liang	徐良	1941	1943	[1]
Tsai Pei	蔡培	1943	1945	[1]

Ambassador of Taiwan (until 1972)

Name (English)	Name (Chinese)	Tenure begins	Tenure ends	Note
Hollington Tong	董顯光	1952	1956	[1]
Shen Jinding	沈觐鼎	1956	1959	[1]
Chang Li-sheng	張厲生	1959	1963	[1]
Wei Tao-ming	魏道明	1959	1963	[1]
Cheng Zhimai	陳之邁	1966	1969	[1]
Peng Mengji	彭孟緝	1969	1972	[1]

Ambassador of the People's Republic of China

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

See also

• China–Japan relations

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.