List of ambassadors of China to Yemen

Chinese Ambassador to Yemen
Incumbent Vacant since 1 April 2015
Inaugural holder	Chen Jiakang
Formation	1 May 1958 (1958-05-01)

The Chinese Ambassador to Yemen was the official representative of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of Yemen.

Due to the Yemeni Civil War (2014–present) in December 2014, by April 2015, China withdrew all their citizens and closed the embassy in Sana'a.

List of representatives

Diplomatic agrément/Diplomatic accreditation	Ambassador	Chinese language zh:中国驻也门大使列表	Observations	Premier of the People's Republic of China	List of heads of government of Yemen	Term end
September 24, 1956			The governments in Beijing and Sana'a established diplomatic relations.	Zhou Enlai	Ahmad bin Yahya
May 1, 1958	Chen Jiakang	zh:陈家康	with residence in Cairo.	Zhou Enlai	Ahmad bin Yahya	May 16, 1905
September 27, 1962			Abolition of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen and establishment of the Arab Republic of Yemen.	Zhou Enlai	Abdullah al-Sallal
February 13, 1963			The mission in Sana'a Yemen was upgraded to an Embassy.	Zhou Enlai	Abdullah al-Sallal
May 1, 1964	Wang Ruojie	zh:王若杰	From May 1964 to December 1972 Ambassador in Sana'a. From May 1973 to November 1976 he was Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City). From September 1977 to August 1982 he was Chinese Ambassador to Mauritius.	Zhou Enlai	Ahmad Muhammad Numan	December 1, 1972
March 1, 1973	Zhang Canming	zh:张灿明		Zhou Enlai	Kadhi Abdullah al-Hagri	July 1, 1975
September 1, 1975	Zhao Jin (PRC diplomat)	zh:赵禁		Zhou Enlai	Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani	December 1, 1979
April 1, 1980	Zhong Hanjiu	种汉九		Zhao Ziyang	Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani	June 1, 1984
April 1, 1985	Li Chengren	李成仁		Zhao Ziyang	Abd Al-Karim Al-Iryani	December 1, 1986
September 1, 1987	Zheng Dayong	zh:郑达庸		Li Peng	Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani	June 1, 1990
May 22, 1990			Yemeni unification, the Yemen Arab Republic was united with South Yemen	Li Peng	Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani
June 1, 1990	Lin Zhen	zh:林真		Li Peng	Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas	March 1, 1992
February 1, 1992	Li Liugen	李留根		Li Peng	Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas	August 1, 1995
May 1, 1995	Yu Xingzhi	zh:郁兴志		Li Peng	Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani	July 1, 1997
October 1, 1997	Shi Yanchun	zh:时延春		Li Peng	Faraj Said Bin Ghanem	November 1, 1999
November 1, 1999	Zhou Guobin	周国斌		Zhu Rongji	Abd Al-Karim Al-Iryani	July 1, 2002
April 1, 2002	Gao Yusheng	zh:高育生		Zhu Rongji	Abdul Qadir Bajamal	January 1, 2006
February 1, 2006	Luo Xiaoguang	zh:罗小光		Wen Jiabao	Abdul Qadir Bajamal	July 1, 2009
July 1, 2009	Liu Denglin	刘登林		Wen Jiabao	Ali Muhammad Mujawar	October 1, 2012
October 1, 2012	Chang Hua	zh:常华		Wen Jiabao	Mohammed Basindawa	November 1, 2014
December 1, 2014	Tian Qi (PRC diplomat)	田琦	Due to the Yemeni Civil War (2014–present) in December 2014, by April 2015, China withdrew all their citizens and closed the embassy in Sana'a.	Li Keqiang	Khaled Bahah	April 1, 2015

South Yemen

The Chinese Ambassador to South Yemen was the official representative of the People's Republic of China to People's Democratic Republic of Yemen.

List of representatives (South Yemen)

Diplomatic agrément/Diplomatic accreditation	Ambassador	Chinese language zh:中国驻也门大使列表	Observations	Premier of the People's Republic of China	List of heads of government of Yemen	Term end
November 30, 1967			South Yemen became independent from the British Protectorate Federation of South Arabia.	Zhou Enlai	Qahtan Muhammad al-Shaabi
January 31, 1968			The governments in Beijing and Aden established diplomatic relations.	Zhou Enlai	Qahtan Muhammad al-Shaabi
November 30, 1967	Li Qiangfen	zh:李强奋		Zhou Enlai	Qahtan Muhammad al-Shaabi	March 1, 1972
March 1, 1972	Cui Jian (PRC ambassador)	崔健		Zhou Enlai	Ali Nasir Muhammad	August 1, 1977
August 1, 1977	Huang Shixie	zh:黄世燮		Hua Guofeng	Ali Nasir Muhammad	November 26, 1981
November 26, 1981	Tang Yong	唐涌		Zhao Ziyang	Ali Nasir Muhammad	June 2, 1986
June 2, 1986	Huang Zhen (PRC diplomat)	zh:黄振	From 1986 to 1989 he was ambassador in Aden. From 1989 to 1991 he was Chinese Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates.	Zhao Ziyang	Yasin Said Numan	March 3, 1989
June 26, 1989	Lin Zhen	zh:林真 (外交官)	From 1989 to 1992 he was ambassador in Aden and Sana'a. From 1992 to 1996 he was Chinese Ambassador to Israel.	Li Peng	Yasin Said Numan	June 1, 1990
May 22, 1990			Yemeni unification, the Yemen Arab Republic was united with South Yemen	Li Peng	Yasin Said Numan

• China–Yemen relations