List of ambassadors of China to New Zealand
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The Chinese Ambassador to New Zealand is the official representative of the
People's Republic of China to New Zealand
.
The ambassador is also accredited to the Cook Islands and Niue.
List of representatives
Designated | Accredited | Consul General/Ambassador | Chinese language zh:中国驻新西兰大使列表 | Observations | Premier of China | Prime Minister of New Zealand | End of Term |
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May 1908 | Yung-Liang Hwang | zh:黄荣良 | Consul (representative) (*1876 in Wuwei, Anhui) | Xuantong Emperor | Joseph Ward | May 1911 | |
May 1911 | Wong Wing Leung | 夏廷献 | Consul (representative)[4] | Xuantong Emperor | Joseph Ward | 1911 | |
1911 | Zhou Xi | 周玺 | Consul (representative) | Xuantong Emperor | Joseph Ward | ||
9 December 1912 | 21 November 1913 | Kwei Chin | 桂植 | Consul (representative) [5] | Yuan Shikai | Thomas Mackenzie | |
15 October 1917 | Lin Shi Yuan | 林軾垣 | Duan Qirui | William Massey | 5 August 1922 | ||
5 August 1922 | Li Guangheng | 李光亨 | Wang Ch'ung-hui
|
William Massey | |||
1939 | Wang Feng (1902) | 汪丰 | Consul General with the rank of Minister (* 1902 in Beiping) 1925: graduated from Nankai University, 1919–1925 took an active part in various students patriotic movements, Tientsin, 1926–1929: participated in revolutionary activities, concurrently engaged in the political training of the 33rd Army, Nationalist Northern Expeditionary Force, and in organizing the masses in Anhui; secretary, Ministry of Foreign affairs in Portuguese East Africa, Northern and Southern Rhodesia and Belgian Congo; Chinese Consul General at Wellington, New Zealand, 1939 and with the rank of Minister since 1946[6]
|
H. H. Kung | Michael Joseph Savage | 1946 | |
29 April 1946 | Wang Shih-Chieh | 余职慎 | (* 1891 – 1981) Consul General | Chiang Kai-shek | Peter Fraser | 13 December 1956 | |
1953 | Tien Fang Cheng | 田方城 | (* 1905 in Hupeh) m. Chou Wen-tsun; 4 children. Educ.: Grad., Coll. of Finance and Commerce; London Univ. Attache, Sec, Chinese Embassy, London, 33–41; Sec. and Sect. Chief, Min. of Foreign Affairs, 41–43; Sec, Chinese Legation to Portugal, 43–47; Sec, Office of Chinese Del. to UN, 1947/1948; Sec, Min. of Foreign Affairs, 48–49; Chief, Personnel Dept., Min. of Foreign Affairs, 49–53; Consul Gen., Wellington, 53–58.[7][8] | Chen Cheng | Sidney Holland | 13 December 1958 | |
1958 | Daniel Yu-tang Lew | 劉毓棠 | Consul Gen., Wellington, 58–63 (*1913 in Guangzhou †2005 in Taipei) m. Zhang Yalan; 3 sons. Educ.: Grad., Yenching University; Ph.D, Harvard University, 1941. Secretary to the Chinese Ambassador in Washington, DC, 43–46; Secretary to the Chinese Delegation at the United Nations Charter Conference, San Francisco, 45; Secretary to the Prime Minister, Nanjing 47–48; Diplomatic Liaison Officer, Chinese Mission to Gen. Douglas MacArthur's Headquarters, Tokyo, 1950; Consul Gen., Vancouver, BC, Canada, 1956–58 | Chen Cheng | Keith Holyoake | 1961 | |
1 December 1960 | 1961 | Chen Chih-Mai | 陳之邁 | (23 August 1908 in Tianjin – 8 November 1978) with residence in Canberra. Was a graduate of Tsing-hua College, first ambassador of the Republic of Chinese to New Zealand. | Chen Cheng | Keith Holyoake | 1963 |
30 May 1963 | Daniel Yu-tang Lew | 劉毓棠 | First resident Chinese Ambassador in New Zealand, 63–66 (*1913 in Guangzhou †2005 in Taipei) m. Zhang Yalan; 3 sons. Educ.: Grad., Yenching University; Ph.D, Harvard University, 1941. Secretary to the Chinese Ambassador in Washington, DC, 43–46; Secretary to the Chinese Delegation at the United Nations Charter Conference, San Francisco, 45; Secretary to the Prime Minister, Nanjing 47–48; Professor, National Tsinghua University, Beijing, 48–49; Diplomatic Liaison Officer, Chinese Mission to Gen. Douglas MacArthur's Headquarters, Tokyo, 1950; Consul Gen., Vancouver, BC, Canada, 1956–58; Consul Gen., Wellington, 58–63; Professor of Political Science, Mackinac College, 1966–70; Ambassador, United Nations, New York, 70–71; Minister, Brasilia, DF, 72–74; Prof. and Dir., Graduate Institute of American Studies, Chinese Culture University, 75–88 | Chen Cheng | Keith Holyoake | 1966 | |
1966 | Tsai Wei-ping | zh:蔡維屏 | (*9 August 1911 † 25 January 1997 in Taipei)
|
Yen Chia-kan | Keith Holyoake | 7 July 1968 | |
17 August 1968 | Konsin C. Shah | zh:夏功權 | (*17 September 1919 in Chekiang province † 18 October 2008)
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Yen Chia-kan | Keith Holyoake | 4 December 1972 | |
May 1973 | Pei Jianzhang | zh:裴坚章 | Zhou Enlai | Norman Kirk | April 1979 | ||
December 1979 | Qin Lizhen | zh:秦力真 | Hua Guofeng | Robert Muldoon | October 1983 | ||
January 1984 | Zhang Longhai | zh:张龙海 | Zhao Ziyang | David Lange | August 1987 | ||
October 1987 | Ni Zhengjian | zh:倪政健 | December 1984 – August 1987 Ambassador in Guyana. | Li Peng | David Lange | October 1991 | |
November 1991 | Li Jinhua (1932) | zh:李金华 (外交官) | (* September 1932 in Jinan)
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Li Peng | Jim Bolger | March 1995 | |
May 1995 | Huang Guifang | zh:黄桂芳 | (*September 1939 in Xiamen, Fujian Province)
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Li Peng | Jim Bolger | January 1998 | |
2 April 1998 | February 1998 | Chen Wenzhao | zh:陈文照 | 1993: first Secretary in Ottawa[14] | Zhu Rongji | Jenny Shipley | February 2001 |
30 March 2001 | March 2001 | Chen Mingming | zh:陈明明 | From 2008 to 2011 he was Ambassador Stockholm Sweden. | Zhu Rongji | Helen Clark | December 2005 |
6 December 2005 | February 2006 | Zhang Yuanyuan (1950) | zh:张援远 | (*November 1950 in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province)
|
Wen Jiabao | Helen Clark | |
19 August 2008 | August 2008 | Zhang Limin | zh:张利民 | Wen Jiabao | John Key | ||
19 September 2010 | August 2010 | Xu Jianguo (1955) | zh:徐建国 (外交官) | Wen Jiabao | John Key | ||
26 November 2013 | October 2013 | Wang Lutong | 王鲁彤 | Li Keqiang | John Key | 16 November 2017 | |
26 March 2018[15] | Wu Xi[15] | Jacinda Ardern |
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