List of ambassadors of Peru to China

Ambassador of Peru to the People's Republic of China
Great Seal of Peru
Incumbent
Marco Vinicio Balarezo Lizarzaburu
since December 25, 2022
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Sanlitun Bangong Lou 1-91, Beijing
AppointerThe President of Peru
Inaugural holderJuan Federico Elmore [es]
Formation1875
WebsiteEmbassy of Peru in the People's Republic of China
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The Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Peru in the People's Republic of China is the official representative of the Republic of Peru to the Government of the People's Republic of China.

The ambassador to China was also accredited to Japan until 1971, when Peru recognized the PRC, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea from the establishment of relations in 1988[1] until 2017, when Peru declared the Korean ambassador as a persona non grata and gave him 5 days to leave the country in response to the country's missile launches earlier that month.[2]

Peru established relations with the Chinese Empire with the signing of a treaty in Tianjin on June 26, 1874.[3][4][5] Peru's first Resident Ambassador was named the next year, assuming his duties on May 20, 1878, while the Chinese ambassador would only reach Peru in 1883, after the War of the Pacific.[3]

After the establishment of the Republic of China, Peru maintained its relations with the new Kuomintang government. In 1944, the diplomatic status of the two countries was raised to embassy level, and high-level officials of the two countries exchanged frequent visits in the 1950s and 1960s.[6]

After the establishment of Juan Velasco Alvarado's Revolutionary Government, Peru established relations with the People's Republic of China on November 2, 1971,[7] with the Republic of China severing its relations and closing its embassy in Lima as a result,[6] and the PRC opening its embassy the following year.[7] As such, Peru became the third Latin American country to recognize the Beijing-based government,[8] and has since adhered to the One China policy.[7]

  1. ^ "Relaciones Bilaterales Perú - República Popular Democrática de Corea". Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10.
  2. ^ "Perú expulsa al embajador de Corea del Norte". Europa Press. 2017-09-11.
  3. ^ a b Chong Geng, Andrés Humberto (April 2003). "Breve historia de las relaciones sino-peruanas". China Today.
  4. ^ "La inmigración china en el Perú (1850-1890)". Boletín de la Sociedad Peruana de Medicina Interna. 5 (3). 1992.
  5. ^ "Relaciones Bilaterales Perú - República Popular China". Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores. Archived from the original on 2016-12-01.
  6. ^ a b "駐處與駐地關係" [Residency and Resident Relations [between the Republic of China and Peru]]. Portal of Republic of China (Taiwan) Diplomatic Missions.
  7. ^ a b c Wolfgang Bartke (1981). "The diplomatic service of the People's Republic of China as of June 1981". news.xinhuanet.com. Instituts für Asienkunde. p. 110. Archived from the original on October 17, 2015. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  8. ^ Aquino, Carlos (2021-03-13). "Perú y China: Dos pueblos, un destino común". El Peruano.