# 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 (ROC) from 1875 to 1978, and those of the People's Republic of China (PRC) 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 |
| 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 |

### Qing dynasty

| Name (other spelling) | Chinese name | Took office | Left office |
| Chen Lanbin | 陳蘭彬 | 11 December 1875 | 24 June 1881 |
| Zheng Zaoru | 鄭藻如 | 24 June 1881 | 26 July 1885 |
| Zhang Yinheng | 張蔭桓 | 27 July 1885 | 28 September 1889 |
| Cuī Guóyīn (Tsui Kwo Yin) | 崔國因 | 31 March 1889 | 2 September 1893 |
| Yáng Rú (Yang Yü) | 楊儒 | 1893 | 23 November 1896 |
| Wu Tingfang (Ng Choy) | 伍廷芳 | 23 November 1896 | 12 July 1902 |
| Liang Cheng (Liang Chentung) | 梁誠 | 19 July 1902 | 3 July 1907 |
| Wu Tingfang (Ng Choy) | 伍廷芳 | December 1907 | 12 August 1909 |
| Zhang Yintang (Chang Yin Tang) | 張蔭棠 | 12 August 1909 | 25 October 1911 |
| Shī Zhàojī (Alfred Sao-ke Sze) | 施肇基 | 25 October 1911 | 1912 |

### Beiyang government

| Name (other spelling) | Chinese name | Took office | Left office |
| Zhang Yintang (Chang Yin Tang) | 張蔭棠 | 1912 | 21 June 1912 |
| Xia Xiefu (Kai Fu Shah) | 劉式訓 | 1913 | 1915 |
| Gù Wéijūn (Wellington Koo) | 顧維鈞 | 25 October 1915 | 29 September 1920 |
| Shī Zhàojī (Alfred Sao-ke Sze) | 施肇基 | 1920 | 1928 |

### Nationalist government

| Name (other spelling) | Chinese name | Took office | Left office |
| Wu Chaoshu (Wu Ch'ao-shu) | 伍朝樞 | 1928 | 1931 |
| Yan Huiqing (Weiching Williams Yen) | 顏惠慶 | 1931 | 1933 |
| Shī Zhàojī (Alfred Sao-ke Sze) | 施肇基 | 1933 | 1936 |
| Wang Zhengting (Chengting Thomas Wang) | 王正廷 | 1936 | 1938 |
| Hú Shì (Hu Shih) | 胡適 | 29 October 1938 | 1 September 1942 |
| Wèi Dàomíng (Wei Tao-ming) | 魏道明 | 1942 | 1946 |
| Gù Wéijūn (Wellington Koo) | 顧維鈞 | 27 June 1946 | 21 March 1956 |
| Dong Xianguang (Hollington Tong) | 董顯光 | 1956 | 1958 |
| Yè Gōngchāo (George Yeh) | 葉公超 | July or August 1958 | November 1961 |
| Jiǎng Tíngfú (Tsiang Tingfu) | 蔣廷黻 | 1961 | 1965 |
| Zhou Shukai (Chow Shu-kai) | 周書楷 | 1965 | 1971 |
| Shěn Jiànhóng (James Shen) | 沈劍虹 | 9 April 1971 | 31 December 1978 |
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 (中华人民共和国驻美利坚合众国联络处主任).
| 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 (中华人民共和国驻美利坚合众国特命全权大使).
| No. | Name | Chinese name | Took office | Left office | Appointer |
| 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 |