# List of ambassadors of China to Venezuela

The Chinese Ambassador to Venezuela is the official representative of the People's Republic of China to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

## List of representatives

| Diplomatic agrément/Diplomatic accreditation | Ambassador | Chinese language zh:中国驻委内瑞拉大使列表 | Observations | Premier of the People's Republic of China | List of presidents of Venezuela | Term end |
| April 9, 1941 | Tan Shao-hua | 谭绍华 | With Reisidence in Rio de Janeiro. | Chiang Kai-shek | Isaías Medina Angarita | January 7, 1942 |
| January 7, 1942 | Li Dijun | 李迪俊 | Chinese Ambassador to Cuba [de] | Chiang Kai-shek | Isaías Medina Angarita | May 7, 1947 |
| August 4, 1944 | | | Embassy in Caracas officially opened. | Chiang Kai-shek | Isaías Medina Angarita | |
| May 7, 1947 | Mui King Chau | 梅景周 | Chinese Ambassador to Cuba [de] | Chang Ch’ün | Rómulo Betancourt | |
| June 26, 1947 | Yu Wang-teh | 于望德 | Chinese Minister to Colombia and concurrently Minister to Ecuador | Chang Ch’ün | Rómulo Betancourt | July 1, 1959 |
| November 1, 1954 | Yuan Tze-kien | zh:袁子健 | | Yu Hung-Chun | Marcos Pérez Jiménez | November 1, 1956 |
| November 1, 1956 | Yen Wan-li | 嚴萬里 | | Yu Hung-Chun | Marcos Pérez Jiménez | August 1, 1966 |
| July 1, 1966 | | | The mission in Caracas was upgraded to an embassy. | Yen Chia-kan | Rómulo Betancourt | |
| August 1, 1966 | Sih Shou-heng | 薛寿衡 | | Yen Chia-kan | Rómulo Betancourt | May 1, 1970 |
| May 1, 1970 | Wei Chi-min | zh:魏济民 | | Yen Chia-kan | Rafael Caldera | February 1, 1972 |
| February 1, 1972 | Wang Chih- chen | 王之珍 | | Chiang Ching-kuo | Rafael Caldera | July 1, 1974 |
| June 28, 1974 | | | The governments in Caracas and Beijing established diplomatic relations. | Zhou Enlai | Carlos Andrés Pérez | |
| November 1, 1975 | Ling Qing | zh:凌青 | | Zhou Enlai | Carlos Andrés Pérez | January 1, 1978 |
| May 1, 1978 | Zheng Weizhi | zh:郑为之 | (*1912-1914 en Guangdong † 1993) From 1951 to 1955 he was Counsellor of the Mission in Karachi, Pakistan. From 1956 to 1961 he was Chinese Ambassador to Denmark. From 1961 to 1964 he directed the America and Australia Department of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China. From 1972 to 1977 he was Chinese Ambassador to Argentina. | Hua Guofeng | Carlos Andrés Pérez | February 1, 1981 |
| May 1, 1981 | Wei Yongqing | zh:卫永清 | | Zhao Ziyang | Luis Herrera Campins | August 1, 1984 |
| May 1, 1985 | Hu Hongfan | zh:胡洪范 | | Zhao Ziyang | Jaime Lusinchi | March 1, 1988 |
| August 1, 1988 | Chen Dehe | zh:陈德和 | | Li Peng | Jaime Lusinchi | June 1, 1991 |
| July 1, 1991 | Huang Zhiliang | zh:黄志良 | | Li Peng | Carlos Andrés Pérez | December 1, 1993 |
| February 1, 1994 | Sun Yanheng | zh:孙延珩 | | Li Peng | Rafael Caldera | December 1, 1996 |
| February 1, 1997 | Liu Boming | zh:刘伯鸣 | | Li Peng | Rafael Caldera | October 1, 2000 |
| November 1, 2000 | Wang Zhen | zh:王珍 | | Zhu Rongji | Hugo Chávez | July 1, 2003 |
| September 1, 2003 | Ju Yijie | zh:居一杰 | | Wen Jiabao | Hugo Chávez | October 1, 2007 |
| October 1, 2007 | Zhang Tuo | zh:张拓 | | Wen Jiabao | Hugo Chávez | December 1, 2009 |
| February 1, 2010 | Zhao Rongxian | zh:赵荣宪 | | Wen Jiabao | Hugo Chávez | July 1, 2015 |
| July 1, 2015 | Zhao Bentong | 趙本堂 | December 14, 2017 | Li Keqiang | Nicolás Maduro | March 11, 2023 |
| December 14, 2017 | Li Baorong | 李宝荣 | December 14, 2017 | Li Keqiang | Nicolas Maduro | March 11, 2023 |
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