List of ambassadors of the United States to China
List of Ambassadors to the People's Republic of China
Table:
Name

Portrait

Home state

Presented credentials

Terminated

Leonard Woodcock

Michigan

March 7, 1979

February 13, 1981

Arthur W. Hummel Jr.

Maryland

September 24, 1981

September 24, 1985

Winston Lord

New York

November 19, 1985

April 23, 1989

James Lilley

Maryland

May 8, 1989

May 10, 1991

J. Stapleton Roy

Pennsylvania

August 20, 1991

June 17, 1995

Jim Sasser

Tennessee

February 14, 1996

July 1, 1999

Joseph Prueher

Tennessee

December 15, 1999

May 1, 2001

Clark T. Randt Jr.

Connecticut

July 28, 2001

January 20, 2009

Jon Huntsman Jr.

Utah

August 28, 2009

April 30, 2011

Gary Locke

Washington

August 16, 2011

February 21, 2014

Max Baucus

Montana

March 20, 2014

January 20, 2017

Terry Branstad

Iowa

July 12, 2017

Incumbent

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