List of ambassadors of China to India

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Ambassador of China to India
Incumbent
Xu Feihong
since May 2024
AppointerThe President
pursuant to a National People's Congress Standing Committee decision
Inaugural holderXue Shouheng
FormationOctober 1946; 78 years ago (1946-10)

The Ambassador of China to India is the official representative from the People's Republic of China to Republic of India.[1]

List of representatives

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This is a list of diplomatic representatives from China to India. It includes envoys of the Republic of China (ROC) from 1946 to 1950, and those of the People's Republic of China (PRC) since 1950.

Pinyin name (alternative name) Chinese name Title Took office Left office Premier of China Prime Minister of India Source
Xue Shouheng 薛寿衡 First Secretary October 1946 May 1947 Zhang Qun Jawaharlal Nehru
Luo Jialun 羅家倫 Ambassador 5 May 1947 10 January 1950 Zhang Qun Jawaharlal Nehru
Shen Jian 申健 Chargé d'affaires 27 May 1950 September 1950 Zhou Enlai Jawaharlal Nehru
Yuan Zhongxian 袁仲賢 Ambassador September 1950 February 1956 Zhou Enlai Jawaharlal Nehru
Pan Zili 潘自力 Ambassador 9 March 1956 18 July 1962 Zhou Enlai Jawaharlal Nehru
Ye Chengzhang 叶成章 ' Chargé d'affaires 1962 1963 Zhou Enlai Jawaharlal Nehru
Chen Zhaoyuan [zh] 陈肇源 Chargé d'affaires 1963 1969 Zhou Enlai Jawaharlal Nehru
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Gulzarilal Nanda
Indira Gandhi
[N 1]
Huang Mingda 黄明达 Chargé d'affaires 1970 1971 Zhou Enlai Indira Gandhi [5]
Liu Fangpu 刘芳圃 First Secretary 1972 1972 Zhou Enlai Indira Gandhi
Ma Muming 马牧鸣 Chargé d'affaires 1973 1976 Zhou Enlai
Hua Guofeng
Indira Gandhi
Chen Zhaoyuan 陈肇源 Ambassador 10 September 1976 1 December 1979 Hua Guofeng Indira Gandhi
Morarji Desai
Charan Singh
[6]
Shen Jian 申健 Ambassador 4 March 1980 11 July 1984 Hua Guofeng
Zhao Ziyang
Indira Gandhi
Li Lianqing 李连庆 Ambassador 30 November 1984 1 April 1987 Zhao Ziyang Rajiv Gandhi
Tu Guowei 屠国维 Ambassador 28 July 1987 1 August 1991 Zhao Ziyang
Li Peng
Rajiv Gandhi
V.P. Singh
Chandra Shekhar
P. V. Narasimha Rao
[7]
Cheng Ruisheng 程瑞声 Ambassador 19 September 1991 1 November 1994 Li Peng P. V. Narasimha Rao [8]
Pei Yuanying 裴远颖 Ambassador 2 January 1995 1 March 1998 Li Peng
Zhu Rongji
P. V. Narasimha Rao
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
H. D. Deve Gowda
Inder Kumar Gujral
[9]
Zhou Gang 周剛 Ambassador 16 April 1998 1 June 2001 Zhu Rongji Atal Bihari Vajpayee [10]
Hua Junduo 華君鐸 Ambassador 12 September 2001 1 November 2004 Zhu Rongji
Wen Jiabao
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Manmohan Singh
[10]
Sun Yuxi 施肇基 Ambassador 17 January 2005 1 December 2007 Wen Jiabao Manmohan Singh [11]
Zhang Yan 張炎 Ambassador 25 March 2008 1 October 2012 Wen Jiabao Manmohan Singh [12]
Wei Wei 魏苇 Ambassador 6 January 2013 1 August 2014 Wen Jiabao
Li Keqiang
Manmohan Singh
Narendra Modi
[13]
Le Yucheng 乐玉成 Ambassador 12 September 2014 1 April 2016 Li Keqiang Narendra Modi [14]
Luo Zhaohui 罗照辉 Ambassador 27 September 2016 1 May 2019 Li Keqiang Narendra Modi [15]
Sun Weidong 孙卫东 Ambassador 21 July 2019 October 2022[16] Li Keqiang Narendra Modi [17]
Xu Feihong 徐飞洪 Ambassador May 2024 Incumbent Li Qiang Narendra Modi [18]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Chinese Ambassadors to India". fmprc.gov.cn. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  2. ^ Chaudhary, Smriti (3 August 2020). "When India-China Diplomatic Row 'Almost Erupted' Into A Full Scale War In 1967". www.eurasiantimes.com. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  3. ^ DasGupta, Probal (2020). Watershed 1967 : India's forgotten victory over China. New Delhi, India. ISBN 978-93-5345-093-9. OCLC 1142362277.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ India vs China : जब 1967 में चीनियों ने Indian Embassy को घेर लिया था. (BBC Hindi) (in Hindi), retrieved 11 January 2023
  5. ^ 中华人民共和国外交部. "中国驻阿富汗历任大使". 中华人民共和国外交部. Retrieved 28 February 2022.. Wolfgang Bartke, Who was Who in the People's Republic of China: With more than 3100 Portraits, p. 169
  6. ^ "Diplomatic Relations (photo19)". fmprc.gov.cn. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  7. ^ S.C Bhatt (1996). The Triangle India-Nepal-China: A Study of Treaty Relations. Gyan Publishing House. p. 425. ISBN 9788121206174. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  8. ^ "外交官走进法大课堂——前中国驻印度大使程瑞声先生做客"口述当代中国外交"第五讲". news.cupl.edu.cn (in Chinese). 4 November 2008. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  9. ^ "Chinese ambassador Pei Yuanying stands out for his articulate and friendly nature". India Today. 30 March 1998. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  10. ^ a b "China names new ambassador to India". Zee News. 22 June 2001. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  11. ^ "Sun Yuxi appointed new Chinese ambassador to India". Zee News. 17 January 2005. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  12. ^ "China's top arms control official now Ambassador to India". Times of India. 18 December 2007. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  13. ^ "Hu Jintao Appoints Wei Wei as New Ambassador to India". fmprc.gov.cn. 17 January 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  14. ^ "Le Yucheng is China's New Ambassador to India". NDTV. 17 September 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  15. ^ "China's Ambassador To India Luo Zhaohui Appointed Vice Foreign Minister". NDTV. 29 May 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  16. ^ Laskar, Rezaul H. (26 October 2022). "It's natural for China, India to have differences: Outgoing Chinese envoy". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  17. ^ "China appoints veteran diplomat Sun Weidong as new envoy to India". The Economic Times. 12 June 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  18. ^ "Who is Xu Feihong, China's new envoy to India?". WION. 8 May 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2024.

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