# List of ambassadors of China to Kiribati

The Ambassador of China to Kiribati is the official representative of the People's Republic of China to Kiribati.
Between 2003 and 2019, Kiribati has maintained diplomatic relations with the Republic of China, but these were severed by the ROC when Kiribati established relations with the People's Republic of China in 2019.

## List of representatives (People's Republic of China, until 2003)

| Diplomatic agrément/Diplomatic accreditation | Ambassador | Chinese language zh:中国驻基里巴斯大使列表 | Observations | List of premiers of the People's Republic of China | President of Kiribati | Term end |
| June 25, 1980 | | | The governments in Beijing and Tarawa established diplomatic relations. | Zhao Ziyang | Ieremia Tabai | |
| December 1981 | Shen Zhiwei | 申志伟 | Concurrently accredited, with residence in Suva (Fiji) | Zhao Ziyang | Ieremia Tabai | February 10, 1985 |
| September 1985 | Ji Chaozhu | zh:冀朝铸 | Concurrently accredited, with residence in Suva (Fiji) | Zhao Ziyang | Ieremia Tabai | May 1987 |
| September 1987 | Xu Mingyuan | zh:徐明远 | Concurrently accredited, with residence in Suva (Fiji) | Li Peng | Ieremia Tabai | March 1991 |
| July 1991 | Du Zhongying | zh:杜钟瀛 | Concurrently accredited, with residence in Port Vila (Vanuatu) | Li Peng | Teatao Teannaki | April 1993 |
| April 1993 | Wang Shaohua | 王少华 | | Li Peng | Teatao Teannaki | November 1996 |
| November 1996 | Cui Guangjun | 崔广俊 | | Li Peng | Teburoro Tito | January 1999 |
| January 1999 | Yang Zhikuan | zh:杨智宽 | Previously Chinese Ambassador to Barbados (November 2001 to March 2005) | Zhu Rongji | Teburoro Tito | September 2001 |
| September 2001 | Ma Shuxue | zh:马书学 | Previously Chinese Ambassador to The Bahamas (July 1997 to June 2001) | Zhu Rongji | Teburoro Tito | December 2003 |
| November 29, 2003 | | | The government in Beijing ceased diplomatic relations with the government in Tarawa. | Wen Jiabao | Anote Tong | |

## List of representatives (Republic of China, from 2003, until 2019)

| Diplomatic agrément/Diplomatic accreditation | Ambassador | Chinese language zh:中華民國駐基里巴斯大使列表 | Observations | List of premiers of the Republic of China | President of Kiribati | Term end |
| November 7, 2003 | | | The governments in Tarawa and Taipei established diplomatic relations. | Yu Shyi-kun | Anote Tong | |
| November 13, 2003 | Samuel Chen | 陈士良 | Chen Shih-liang | Yu Shyi-kun | Anote Tong | May 7, 2009 |
| May 7, 2009 | Benjamin T.H. Ho | 何登煌 | Formerly deputy head of Taiwan's representative office in Singapore, afterwards Ambassador to Belize | Wu Den-yih | Anote Tong | January 30, 2012 |
| February 16, 2012 | Abraham Chu | zh:朱文祥 | | Jiang Yi-huah | Anote Tong | May 2015 |
| May 14, 2015 | Donald Lee (Taiwanese diplomat) | 李傳通 | Former director-general of the Department of East Asian and Pacific Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Taiwan). | Chang San-cheng | Anote Tong | June 2017 |
| June 2017 | Song Wen-chang | 宋文城 | | Tsai Ing-Wen | Taneti Mamau | August 2019 |
| September 20, 2019 | | | The government in Taipei ceased diplomatic relations with the government in Tarawa. | Tsai Ing-Wen | Taneti Mamau | |

## List of representatives (People's Republic of China, from 2019)

| Diplomatic agrément/Diplomatic accreditation | Ambassador | Chinese language zh:中国驻基里巴斯大使列表 | Observations | List of premiers of the People's Republic of China | President of Kiribati | Term end |
| September 27, 2019 | | | The governments in Beijing and Tarawa restore diplomatic relations. | Li Keqiang | Taneti Mamau | |
| March 24, 2020 | Tang Songgen | 唐松根 | | Li Keqiang | Taneti Mamau | |
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