List of ambassadors of China to Lithuania

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The Chinese ambassador to Lithuania was the official representative of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of Lithuania.

List of representatives

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!| Diplomatic agrément/Diplomatic accreditation

!| ambassador

!| Observations

!| List of premiers of the Republic of China

!| Prime Minister of Lithuania

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|Pei Yuanying

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|Li Peng

|Gediminas Vagnorius

|{{dts|1992|03|}}

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|{{dts|1992|04|}}

|Chen Di

|"(*1940), concurrently accredited to Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania

  • September 1993 - July 1997 Ambassador to Kazakhstan.
  • From March 1998 to October 2000 he was Ambassador in Warsaw Poland"

|Li Peng

|Gediminas Vagnorius

|{{dts|1993|08|}}

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|{{dts|1993|09|}}

|Wang Zhaoxian

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|Li Peng

|Adolfas Šleževičius

|{{dts|1998|08|}}

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|{{dts|1998|09|}}

|Guan Hengguang

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|Zhu Rongji

|Gediminas Vagnorius

|{{dts|2002|02|}}

|-

|{{dts|2002|03|}}

|Chen Yuming

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|Zhu Rongji

|Algirdas Brazauskas

|{{dts|2005|01|}}

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|{{dts|2005|01|}}

|Xiang Xiuping

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|Wen Jiabao

|Algirdas Brazauskas

|{{dts|2008|11|}}

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|{{dts|2009|01|}}

|Tong Mingtao

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|Wen Jiabao

|Andrius Kubilius

|{{dts|2011|12|}}

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|{{dts|2012|01|}}

|Liu Zengwen

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|Wen Jiabao

|Andrius Kubilius

|{{dts|2015|03|}}

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|{{dts|2015|04|}}

|Wei Ruixing

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|Li Keqiang

|Algirdas Butkevičius

|{{dts|2018|01|}}

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|March 2018Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, Chinese Ambassadors to Lithuania, [http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/ziliao_665539/wjrw_665549/3607_665555/3612_665565/t18187.shtml], 驻立陶宛共和国历任大使, [http://wcm.fmprc.gov.cn/pub/chn/pds/ziliao/wjrw/2167/2172/t9232.htm]{{cite web | title=国家主席习近平任免驻外大使-新华网 | website=Xinhua News Agency | date=2018-03-05 | url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-03/05/c_1122491498.htm | language=zh | access-date=2025-03-20}}

|Shen Zhifei

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|August 2021{{Cite web |date=2021-08-10 |title=China recalls its ambassador to Lithuania |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/china-recalls-its-ambassador-to-lithuania/ |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=POLITICO |language=en-US}}

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On November 18, 2021, Lithuania permitted the establishment of a "Taiwan Representative Office in Lithuania" by Taiwanese officials, against China's formal objections. China articulated a formal protest in this matter and reduced diplomatic relations between the two nations to the level of chargé d'affaires.{{cite web | title=中方决定将中立两国外交关系降为代办级-新华网 | website=Xinhua News Agency | date=2021-11-21 | url=http://www.news.cn/2021-11/21/c_1128084836.htm | language=zh | access-date=2025-03-20}}

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