# List of ambassadors of China to Portugal

The Ambassador of China to Portugal is the official representative of the People's Republic of China to the Portuguese Republic.

## List of representatives

| Diplomatic agrément/Diplomatic accreditation | Ambassador | Chinese language | Observations | Premier of the Republic of China | Prime Minister of Portugal | Term end |
| May 22, 1906 | Liu Shixun | 刘式训 | The Qing government telegraphed the Chinese Minister to France and Spain, Liu Shixun, sending him to Lisbon to negotiate with the Portuguese government. | Empress Dowager Cixi | Carlos I of Portugal | November 20, 1911 |
| November 23, 1912 | Hu Weide | zh:胡惟德 | With residence in Paris. | Zhao Bingjun | Manuel José de Arriaga | September 9, 1920 |
| November 23, 1912 | | | The governments in Lisbon and Beijing then Republic of China, established diplomatic relations. | Xiong Xiling | Manuel José de Arriaga | September 192,009 |
| September 9, 1920 | Dai Chen Lin | 戴陈霖 | | Sun Baoqi | Manuel José de Arriaga | June 13, 1921 |
| June 13, 1921 | de:Liu Chongjie | zh:刘崇杰 | With residence in Madrid. | Yan Huiqing | António José de Almeida | June 20, 1926 |
| June 20, 1926 | Wang Tingzhang | zh:王廷璋 | Wang Tingzhang (1884-1944) o Ministro chinês em Portugal, em 1927 | Du Xigui | José Mendes Cabeçadas Júnior | July 11, 1931 |
| December 17, 1933 | Chang Hsin-hai | zh:张歆海 | From 1933 to 1937 he was Chinese minister plenipotentiary to Portugal, Portugal, and Czechoslovakia. | Wang Jingwei | António de Oliveira Salazar | June 25, 1934 |
| August 20, 1934 | Li Jinlun | zh:李锦纶 (外交官) | | Wang Jingwei | António de Oliveira Salazar | September 7, 1943 |
| November 6, 1943 | Chang Chien (Henry K. Chang) | zh:张谦 (新会) | Studied in the United States and received a bachelor's degree in law from the University of Pennsylvania. After returning to the Qing Dynasty, take the exam. In August 1929 became Consul General in San Francisco, in March 1931 in New York, the Consul General. In May 1933 he became Minister envoy in Santiago de Chile. In September 1943 he was appointed minister in Lisbon. In 1944, he demanded a Portuguese withdraw from Macao and then on August 20, 1945, asked the Portuguese government to give up the consular jurisdiction in China. On November 27, 1946 he became ambassador to the Netherlands. | Chiang Kai-shek | António de Oliveira Salazar | November 27, 1946 |
| August 19, 1947 | Wang Huacheng | zh:王化成 | (*1905 - February 18, 1965 in Columbus Ohio) He was director of the Treaty Department of the Ministry of Foreign affairs. Wang graduated from Tsinghua University, the University of Minnesota, the University of Chicago, and at Harvard University to study international public law. After returning home, he taught at the Department of Law, Peking University, Department of Political Science, Tsinghua University. | Chang Ch’ün | António de Oliveira Salazar | August 1, 1964 |
| January 1, 1964 | Benjamin B. Tu | | Chargé d'affaires | Yen Chia-kan | Américo Tomás | |
| August 1, 1964 | Wu Wen-hui | | Chargé d'affaires 1967 Jan. 11—The Foreign Ministry announced recall of Wu Wenhui, Chargé d'affaires of the Chinese Legation in Lisbon, as a protest against Macao's surrender of seven anti-Communist Chinese to the Chinese Communists. Therefore, the Chinese government. decided in late January 1967 to recall Chinese chargé d'affaires Wu Wen-hui from Lisbon. | Yen Chia-kan | Américo Tomás | July 1, 1967 |
| January 1, 1968 | Stephen F. Wang | | Chargé d'affaires | Yen Chia-kan | Américo Tomás | |
| January 1, 1972 | Tu Pen-piao | 杜光德 | Chargé d'affaires | Yen Chia-kan | Américo Tomás | February 3, 1975 |
| March 27, 1975 | | | embassy closed. | Chiang Ching-kuo | Francisco da Costa Gomes | March 27, 1975 |
| Diplomatic agrément/Diplomatic accreditation | Ambassador | Chinese language zh:中国驻葡萄牙大使列表 | Observations | Premier of the People's Republic of China | Prime Minister of Portugal | Term end |
| February 8, 1979 | | | The governments in Lisbon and Beijing established diplomatic relations. | Hua Guofeng | António Ramalho Eanes | |
| August 1, 1979 | Yang Qiliang | zh:杨琪良 | | Hua Guofeng | António Ramalho Eanes | December 1, 1983 |
| March 1, 1984 | Lu Jixin | zh:陆济新 | | Zhao Ziyang | António Ramalho Eanes | December 1, 1986 |
| January 1, 1987 | Chen Ziying | zh:陈滋英 | | Li Peng | Mário Soares | June 1, 1989 |
| August 1, 1989 | Guo Jiading | zh:过家鼎 | | Li Peng | Mário Soares | January 1, 1993 |
| February 1, 1993 | Wu Tao (PRC diplomat) | zh:武韬 | | Li Peng | Mário Soares | July 1, 1994 |
| August 1, 1994 | Wei Dong | zh:韦东 | | Li Peng | Mário Soares | August 1, 1998 |
| September 1, 1998 | Wang Qiliang | zh:王其良 | | Zhu Rongji | Jorge Sampaio | January 1, 2000 |
| March 1, 2000 | Lu Boyuan | zh:陆伯源 | | Zhu Rongji | Jorge Sampaio | January 1, 2003 |
| February 1, 2003 | Ma Enhan | zh:马恩汉 | | Wen Jiabao | Jorge Sampaio | July 1, 2006 |
| August 1, 2006 | Gao Kexiang | zh:高克祥 | | Wen Jiabao | Aníbal Cavaco Silva | May 1, 2010 |
| May 1, 2010 | Zhang Beisan | zh:张备三 | | Wen Jiabao | Aníbal Cavaco Silva | February 25, 2013 |
| February 25, 2013 | Huang Songfu | 黄松甫 | | Li Keqiang | Pedro Passos Coelho | August 1, 2015 |
| August 1, 2015 | Cai Run | 蔡潤 | | Li Keqiang | Pedro Passos Coelho | |
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