List of honorary citizens of Beijing

Honorary citizen of Beijing is an honorary title awarded to foreigners, overseas Chinese and Hong Kong and Macau compatriots who have made outstanding contributions to Beijing's foreign cooperation, economic construction and social development.^[1] The honorary citizen's certificate and badge will be issued by the Beijing Municipal Government.

For foreigners, overseas Chinese, Hong Kong and Macau compatriots who have been awarded the honorary citizenship of Beijing, all relevant institutions in Beijing shall provide assistance in their working and living in Beijing. They will be invited to participate in major celebrations organized by Beijing and enjoy VIP privileges.

List of honorary citizens

As of 30 March 2017.

#	Name	Birth-Death	Nationality	Notes	Granted
1	Rewi Alley	1897 – 1987	New Zealand	Writer and political activist expatriating in China[2]	2 December 1982
2	Shunichi Suzuki	1910 – 2010	Japan	Governor of Tokyo[3]	28 October 1983
3	Michael Shapiro	1910 – 1986	United Kingdom	Expert of Xinhua News Agency expatriating in China[4]	30 September 1986
4	Henry Fok Ying Tung	1923 – 2006	Hong Kong, China	Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference[5]	29 September 1999
	Tsang Hin-chi	1934 – 2019	Hong Kong, China	President of Goldlion Group Co. Ltd.[6]	29 September 1999
	Sir Li Ka-shing	1928 –	Hong Kong, China	Chairman of CK Hutchison Holdings[7]	29 September 1999
	Lee Shau-kee	1929 –	Hong Kong, China	Chairman of Henderson Land Development[8]	29 September 1999
	Cheng Yu-tung	1925 – 2016	Hong Kong, China	Chairman of New World Development[9]	29 September 1999
	Walter Kwok Ping-sheung	1950 – 2018	Hong Kong, China	Chairman of Sun Hung Kai Properties[10]	29 September 1999
	Chen Jinglun	1925 –	Hong Kong, China	Hong Kong entrepreneur, donator of Beijing Chen Jing Lun High School[11]	29 September 1999
	Robert Kuok Hock Nien	1923 –	Malaysia	Chairman of Kerry Properties[12]	29 September 1999
	Manfred Durniok	1934 – 2003	Germany	Film producer, director and screenwriter[13]	29 September 1999
	Hui Jingzai	1932 –	China (overseas)	Chairman of Niigata Overseas Chinese Association[14]	29 September 1999
14	Lauther Chell	1938 –	Germany	Piano manufacturing expert expatriating in China[15]	24 January 2000
15	Ora Namir	1930 – 2019	Israel	Israeli Ambassador to China[16]	13 May 2000
16	Stanley Ho Hung-sun	1921 –	Macau, China	Chairman of Sociedade de Turismo e Diversões de Macau[17]	1 January 2001
17	Zdzisław Góralczy	1936 –	Poland	Polish Ambassador to China[18]	12 February 2001
18	George Ernest Killian	1924 – 2017	United States	President of the International University Sports Federation[19]	21 September 2001
19	Jorma Jaakko Ollila	1950 –	Finland	Chairman & CEO of Nokia[20]	8 August 2002
	Yoshiharu Fukuhara	1931 –	Japan	Honorary President of Shiseido[21]	8 August 2002
21	Chung Mong-koo	1938 –	South Korea	Chairman & CEO of Hyundai Motor Group[22]	25 June 2003
22	Jacques Jean Marie Rogge	1942 –	Belgium	President of the International Olympic Committee[23]	25 March 2009
	Juan Antonio Samaranch	1920 – 2010	Spain	Honorary President of the International Olympic Committee[24]	25 March 2009
	Hein Verbruggen	1941 – 2017	Netherlands	Chairman of the Coordination Commission for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad[25]	25 March 2009
	Sir Philip Craven	1950 –	United Kingdom	President of the International Paralympic Committee[26]	25 March 2009
	Dakuya Okada	1925 –	Japan	Honorary President of AEON[27]	25 March 2009
	Sudono Salim	1916 – 2012	Indonesia	Honorary Chairman of Salim Group[28]	25 March 2009
	Eka Tjipta Widjaja	1921 – 2019	Indonesia	Chairman of Sinar Mas Group[29]	25 March 2009
29	Tetuo Kadowu	1927 –	Japan	Chairman of Tokyo Japan-China Friendship Association	20 October 2009
30	Stephon Xavier Marbury	1977 –	United States	Basketball player of Beijing Ducks[30]	2 April 2014
31	Lamine Diack	1933 –	Senegal	President of the International Association of Athletics Federations[31]	20 August 2015
32	Tomislav Nikolić	1952 –	Serbia	President of Serbia[32]	30 March 2017

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