# List of ambassadors of Switzerland to China

The Swiss ambassador in Beijing is the official representative of the Government in Bern to the Government of China.

## List of representatives

| Diplomatic agrément/Diplomatic accreditation | Ambassador | lifetime | Observations | Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | List of members of the Swiss Federal Council | Prime Minister of China | Term end |
| 1945 | Henry de Torrenté | (1893–1962) | Minister | Henry de Torrenté in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Eduard von Steiger | | 1948 |
| 1948 | Charles von Jenner | (1886–1970) | | Charles von Jenner in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Enrico Celio | | 1949 |
| 1949 | Jean-Pierre Jéquier | (1919–2010) | Chargé d'affaires | Jean-Pierre Jéquier in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Ernst Nobs | | 1949 |
| May 1950 | Sven Stiner | (1910–1968) | Chargé d'affaires | Sven Stiner in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Max Petitpierre | Zhou Enlai | November 1950 |
| September 14, 1950 | | | The governments in Beijing and Bern established diplomatic relations. | | Max Petitpierre | Zhou Enlai | |
| November 1950 | Clemente Rezzonico | (1897–1976) | | Clemente Rezzonico in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Max Petitpierre | Zhou Enlai | July 1954 |
| September 7, 1954 | Fernand Bernoulli | (1905–1979) | | Fernand Bernoulli in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Rodolphe Rubattel | Zhou Enlai | April 12, 1957 |
| April 12, 1957 | Fernand Bernoulli | (1905–1979) | Ambassador | Fernand Bernoulli in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Hans Streuli | Zhou Enlai | December 8, 1958 |
| May 1959 | René Naville | (1905–1978) | | René Naville in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Paul Chaudet | Zhou Enlai | 1962 |
| April 1963 | Hans Keller (diplomat) [de] | (1908–1999) | | Hans Keller in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Willy Spühler | Zhou Enlai | 1966 |
| March 1967 | Oscar Rossetti | (1912–1996) | | Oscar Rossetti in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Roger Bonvin | Zhou Enlai | February 1972 |
| April 1972 | Albert Natural | (1918–2002) | | Albert Natural in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Nello Celio | Zhou Enlai | 1975 |
| September 1975 | Heinz Langenbacher | (1919–2013) | | Heinz Langenbacher in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Pierre Graber | Zhou Enlai | March 1977 |
| May 1977 | Werner Sigg | (1917–1989) | May 1975 Werner Sigg, Switzerland A Li Yunchuan Li Yun-chuan B (Sigg left his post, Aug 82) | Werner Sigg in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Kurt Furgler | Hua Guofeng | August 1982 |
| November 1982 | Hansjakob Müller (1921–2001) | (1921–2001) | | Hansjakob Müller in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Fritz Honegger | Zhao Ziyang | September 1986 |
| September 1986 | Fritz Bohnert | (1928–1988) | | Fritz Bohnert in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Alphons Egli | Zhao Ziyang | 1988 |
| April 1988 | Erwin Schurtenberger | (1940–) | | Erwin Schurtenberger in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Otto Stich | Li Peng | March 1995 |
| April 8, 1995 | Uli Sigg | (1946–) | | Uli Sigg in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Kaspar Villiger | Li Peng | 1999 |
| February 5, 1999 | Dominique Dreyer | (1945–) | | Dominique Dreyer in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Ruth Dreifuss | Zhu Rongji | 2004 |
| November 2004 | Dante Martinelli | (1946–) | | Dante Martinelli in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Joseph Deiss | Wen Jiabao | 2008 |
| 2008 | Blaise Godet | (1947–) | | Blaise Godet in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Pascal Couchepin | Wen Jiabao | 2012 |
| 2012 | Jacques de Watteville [de] | (1951–) | | Jacques de Watteville in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf | Wen Jiabao | 2013 |
| March 14, 2014 | Jean-Jacques de Dardel | (1954–) | | Jean-Jacques de Dardel in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Didier Burkhalter | Li Keqiang | February 2019 |
| March 11, 2019 | Bernardino Regazzoni | (1957–) | | Bernardino Regazzoni in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Ueli Maurer | Li Keqiang | July 2022 |
| September 2022 | Jürg Burri | (1965–) | | Jürg Burri in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Ignazio Cassis | Li Keqiang | |
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