Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations
This is a list of permanent representatives of the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China to the United Nations. The current office holder is Zhang Jun, who took office in 2019. Both governments insist on being the sole legitimate representative of all of China, for details of their UN membership, see China and the United Nations. The Chinese representative’s office is located at 350 East 35th Street at Midtown Manhattan in New York City.1946–1971
; Representing the Republic of China
№ | China Ambassador to UN | Years served | UN Secretary-General | President of China | Vice President of China |
1 | Quo Tai-chi 郭泰祺 | 1946–1947 | Gladwyn Jebb | Chiang Kai-shek | Li Zongren |
1 | Quo Tai-chi 郭泰祺 | 1946–1947 | Trygve Lie | Chiang Kai-shek | Li Zongren |
2 | Tsiang Tingfu 蔣廷黻 | 1947–1962 | Trygve Lie | Chiang Kai-shek | Chen Cheng |
2 | Tsiang Tingfu 蔣廷黻 | 1947–1962 | Dag Hammarskjöld | Chiang Kai-shek | Chen Cheng |
2 | Tsiang Tingfu 蔣廷黻 | 1947–1962 | U Thant | Chiang Kai-shek | Chen Cheng |
3 | Liu Chieh 劉鍇 | 1962–1971 | U Thant | Chiang Kai-shek | Yen Chia-kan |
1971–present
; Representing the People's Republic of China
№ | China Ambassador to UN | Years served | UN Secretary-General | Ruler of China | President of China | Premier of China |
1 | Huang Hua 黄华 | Nov. 1971–Dec. 1976 | U Thant | Mao Zedong | vacant | Zhou Enlai |
1 | Huang Hua 黄华 | Nov. 1971–Dec. 1976 | Kurt Waldheim | Mao Zedong | abolished | Hua Guofeng |
2 | Chen Chu 陈楚 | 1977–1980 | Kurt Waldheim | Hua Guofeng | abolished | Hua Guofeng |
2 | Chen Chu 陈楚 | 1977–1980 | Javier Pérez de Cuéllar | Deng Xiaoping | abolished | Hua Guofeng |
3 | Ling Qing 凌青 | 1980–1985 | Javier Pérez de Cuéllar | Deng Xiaoping | abolished | Hua Guofeng |
3 | Ling Qing 凌青 | 1980–1985 | Javier Pérez de Cuéllar | Deng Xiaoping | Li Xiannian | Zhao Ziyang |
4 | Li Luye 李鹿野 | 1985–1990 | Javier Pérez de Cuéllar | Deng Xiaoping | Li Xiannian | Zhao Ziyang |
4 | Li Luye 李鹿野 | 1985–1990 | Javier Pérez de Cuéllar | Deng Xiaoping | Yang Shangkun | Li Peng |
5 | Li Daoyu 李道豫 | 1990–1993 | Javier Pérez de Cuéllar | Jiang Zemin | Yang Shangkun | Li Peng |
5 | Li Daoyu 李道豫 | 1990–1993 | Boutros Boutros-Ghali | Jiang Zemin | Yang Shangkun | Li Peng |
6 | Li Zhaoxing 李肇星 | 1993–1995 | Boutros Boutros-Ghali | Jiang Zemin | Jiang Zemin | Li Peng |
7 | Qin Huasun 秦华孙 | 1995–2000 | Boutros Boutros-Ghali | Jiang Zemin | Jiang Zemin | Li Peng |
7 | Qin Huasun 秦华孙 | 1995–2000 | Kofi Annan | Jiang Zemin | Jiang Zemin | Zhu Rongji |
8 | Wang Yingfan 王英凡 | 2000–2003 | Kofi Annan | Jiang Zemin | Jiang Zemin | Zhu Rongji |
9 | Wang Guangya 王光亚 | 2003–2008 | Kofi Annan | Hu Jintao | Hu Jintao | Wen Jiabao |
9 | Wang Guangya 王光亚 | 2003–2008 | Ban Ki-moon | Hu Jintao | Hu Jintao | Wen Jiabao |
10 | Zhang Yesui 张业遂 | 2008–2010 | Ban Ki-moon | Hu Jintao | Hu Jintao | Wen Jiabao |
11 | Li Baodong 李保东 | 2010–2013 | Ban Ki-moon | Hu Jintao | Hu Jintao | Wen Jiabao |
12 | Liu Jieyi 刘结一 | 2013–2018 | Ban Ki-moon | Xi Jinping | Xi Jinping | Li Keqiang |
13 | Ma Zhaoxu 马朝旭 | 2018–2019 | António Guterres | Xi Jinping | Xi Jinping | Li Keqiang |
14 | Zhang Jun 张军 | 2019–Present | António Guterres | Xi Jinping | Xi Jinping | Li Keqiang |