List of ambassadors of China to South Korea

The Chinese ambassador in Seoul is the official representative of the Government in Beijing to the Government of South Korea.

• Chinese-Korean diplomatic relations were well established before the Joseon period of Korean history.
• In 1882 the governments of the Kingdom of Great Joseon and in Beijing established diplomatic relations.[1]
• The current official title of this diplomat is "Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of Korea."

Chinese Ambassador to the South Korea
Emblem of the People's Republic of China
Incumbent Qiu Guohong since February 2014
Inaugural holder	Hsu Sou Peng
Formation	appointed December 14, 1899
Website	http://kr.china-embassy.org

List of heads of mission

Ministers of Imperial China

• Hsu Sou Peng was appointed December 14, 1899.[2]
• Hsu Tai Shen was appointed November 12, 1901.[2]

Ambassadors of the Republic of China

• From 1949 to 1992 the governments in Taipei/Nanjing and Seoul maintained diplomatic relations on ambassadorial level.

Ambassadors of the People's Republic of China

Zhang Tingyan (1992.09-1998.08)

Wu Dawei (1998.09-2001.07)

Li Bin (2001.10-2005.08)[3]

Ning Fukui (2005.09-2008.10)

Cheng Yonghua (2008.10-2010.02)

Zhang Xinsen (2010.03-2013.12)[4]

Qiu Guohong (2014.02- ) [5]

See also

• China–Korea Treaty of 1882
• List of diplomatic missions in South Korea

Notes

1. Korean Mission to the Conference on the Limitation of Armament, Washington, D.C., 1921-1922. (1922). Korea's Appeal to the Conference on Limitation of Armament, p. 32-33., p. 32, at Google Books
2. Korean Mission p. 33., p. 33, at Google Books
3. Europa World Year Book 2004, p. 2511., p. 2511, at Google Books
4. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China,, Embassy in the ROK
5. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, Chinese Ambassadors to R. O. K. (the Republic of Korea) , 驻大韩民国历任大使,

References

• Halleck, Henry Wager. (1861). International law: or, Rules regulating the intercourse of states in peace and war New York: D. Van Nostrand. OCLC 852699
• Korean Mission to the Conference on the Limitation of Armament, Washington, D.C., 1921-1922. (1922). Korea's Appeal to the Conference on Limitation of Armament. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office. OCLC 12923609