List of ambassadors of China to the United States

The ambassador of China to the United States is the official representative of the People's Republic of China to the United States. The current ambassador is Xie Feng. The official full title of the office is the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the United States of America.

List of representatives

This is a list of diplomatic representatives from China to the United States. It includes envoys of the Qing dynasty and the Republic of China from 1875 to 1978, and those of the People's Republic of China since 1973.

Official Full Title	Duration
Imperial Envoy of the Great Qing Country Sent to the United States of America	1875–1912
Envoy of the Republic of China in the United States of America	1912–1935
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of China to the United States of America	1928–1978
Representative of the Cooridination Council for North American Affairs	1979–1994
Representative of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States of America	1994–Incumbent
Director of the Liaison Office of the People's Republic of China to the United States of America	1973–1979
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the United States of America	1979–Incumbent

Nationalist government

For representatives after 1979, see the list of representatives of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States.

Liaison Office of the People's Republic of China

The official full title of the post was the Director of the Liaison Office of the People's Republic of China in the United States of America.

No.	Name	Chinese name	Took office	Left office	Ref.
1	Huang Zhen	黄镇	30 May 1973	18 November 1977
2	Chai Zemin	柴泽民	9 August 1978	23 February 1979

People's Republic of China

The official full title of the post is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the United States of America.

No.	Name	Chinese name	Took office	Left office	Appointer	Ref.
1	Chai Zemin	柴泽民	23 February 1979	27 December 1982	N/A
2	Zhang Wenjin	章文晋	4 March 1983	10 April 1985	N/A
3	Han Xu	韩叙	3 May 1985	18 August 1989	Li Xiannian
4	Zhu Qizhen	朱启祯	20 October 1989	30 March 1993	Yang Shangkun
5	Li Daoyu	李道豫	8 April 1993	February 1998	Jiang Zemin
6	Li Zhaoxing	李肇星	11 March 1998	30 January 2001	Jiang Zemin
7	Yang Jiechi	杨洁篪	18 February 2001	6 March 2005	Jiang Zemin
8	Zhou Wenzhong	周文重	3 April 2005	1 March 2010	Hu Jintao
9	Zhang Yesui	张业遂	14 March 2010	24 February 2013	Hu Jintao
10	Cui Tiankai	崔天凯	2 April 2013	23 June 2021	Xi Jinping
11	Qin Gang	秦刚	28 July 2021	5 January 2023	Xi Jinping
12	Xie Feng	谢锋	23 May 2023	present	Xi Jinping