List of ambassadors of China to North Korea

Ambassador of China to North Korea
中国驻朝鲜大使
Incumbent
Wang Yajun
since December 2021
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Embassy of China, Pyongyang
AppointerThe President
pursuant to a National People's Congress Standing Committee decision
Inaugural holderNi Zhiliang
Formation10 July 1950; 74 years ago (1950-07-10)
WebsiteChinese Embassy – Pyongyang

The Chinese Ambassador to North Korea is the official representative of the People's Republic of China to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

Chinese-Korean diplomatic relations were well established before the Joseon period of Korean history. In 1882, the governments of the Kingdom of Great Joseon and in Beijing established diplomatic relations.[1]

The current official title of the incumbent diplomat is "Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea."

  1. ^ Korean Mission to the Conference on the Limitation of Armament, Washington, D.C., 1921-1922. (1922). Korea's Appeal to the Conference on Limitation of Armament, p. 32-33., p. 32, at Google Books