Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations

This is a list of permanent representatives (or ambassadors) of the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China to the United Nations (UN). The current office holder is Zhang Jun, who took office in 2019. Both governments insist on being the sole legitimate representative of all of China, for details of their UN membership, see China and the United Nations. The Chinese representative’s office is located at 350 East 35th Street at Midtown Manhattan in New York City.

Permanent Representative and Ambassador of China to the United Nations 中国常驻联合国代表 中國常駐聯合國代表 zhōng guó cháng zhù lián hé guó dài biǎo
Flag of the United Nations
Incumbent Zhang Jun since 30 July 2019
Appointer	The President, according to the decision of the National People's Congress
Inaugural holder	Quo Tai-chi (ROC) Huang Hua (PRC)
Formation	1946
Website	Permanent Representative and Ambassador

1946–1971

Representing the  Republic of China (ROC)

№	China Ambassador to UN	Years served	UN Secretary-General	President of China	Vice President of China
1	Quo Tai-chi (Guo Taiqi) 郭泰祺	1946–1947	Gladwyn Jebb	Chiang Kai-shek	Li Zongren
			Trygve Lie
2	Tsiang Tingfu (Jiang Tingfu) 蔣廷黻	1947–1962			Chen Cheng
			Dag Hammarskjöld
			U Thant
3	Liu Chieh (Liu Jie) 劉鍇	1962–1971			Yen Chia-kan

1971–present

Representing the  People's Republic of China

№	China Ambassador to UN	Years served	UN Secretary-General	Paramount leader	President of China	Premier of China
1	Huang Hua 黄华	Nov. 1971–Dec. 1976	U Thant	Mao Zedong	vacant	Zhou Enlai
			Kurt Waldheim		abolished	Hua Guofeng
2	Chen Chu 陈楚	1977–1980		Hua Guofeng
			Javier Pérez de Cuéllar	Deng Xiaoping
3	Ling Qing 凌青	1980–1985
					Li Xiannian	Zhao Ziyang
4	Li Luye 李鹿野	1985–1990
					Yang Shangkun	Li Peng
5	Li Daoyu 李道豫	1990–1993		Jiang Zemin
			Boutros Boutros-Ghali
6	Li Zhaoxing 李肇星	1993–1995			Jiang Zemin
7	Qin Huasun 秦华孙	1995–2000
			Kofi Annan			Zhu Rongji
8	Wang Yingfan 王英凡	2000–2003
9	Wang Guangya 王光亚	2003–2008		Hu Jintao	Hu Jintao	Wen Jiabao
			Ban Ki-moon
10	Zhang Yesui 张业遂	2008–2010
11	Li Baodong 李保东	2010–2013
12	Liu Jieyi 刘结一	2013–2018		Xi Jinping	Xi Jinping	Li Keqiang
13	Ma Zhaoxu 马朝旭	2018–2019	António Guterres
14	Zhang Jun 张军	2019–Present

See also

• Foreign relations of China
• List of current Permanent Representatives to the United Nations

References

• New Permanent Representative of China Presents Credentials https://www.un.org/press/en/2019/bio5234.doc.htm

External links

• Official website