Sun Bigan

{{Short description|Chinese diplomat (1941–2022)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}

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| birth_date = June 1941

| birth_place = China

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2022|01|12|1941|06|01}}

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| nationality = Chinese

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| office = Chinese Ambassador to Iran

| term_start = 1 April 1999

| term_end = 1 June 2002

| predecessor = {{ill|Wang Shijie (diplomat)|zh|王世杰 (1936年)|lt=Wang Shijie}}

| successor = Liu Zhentang

| office2 = Chinese Ambassador to Iraq

| term_start2 = June 1994

| term_end2 = August 1998

| predecessor2 = {{ill|Zheng Dayong|zh|郑达庸}}

| successor2 = {{ill|Zhang Weiqiu|zh|张维秋}}

| office3 = Chinese Ambassador to Saudi Arabia

| term_start3 = September 1990

| term_end3 = April 1994

| predecessor3 = {{ill|Guan Yong|zh|关镛}}

| successor3 = Zheng Dayong

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Sun Bigan ({{lang-zh|孙必干}}; June 1941 – 12 January 2022) was a Chinese diplomat who served as the ambassador to several Middle Eastern countries and as China's Special Envoy on Middle East Issues.

He served as Chinese Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1990 to 1994,{{cite web|url=https://www.mfa.gov.cn/chn/pds/ziliao/wjrw/2167/2169/t9165.htm|title=驻沙特阿拉伯王国历任大使|work=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China|language=Chinese}} Chinese Ambassador to Iraq from 1994 to 1998,{{cite web|url=https://www.mfa.gov.cn/chn/pds/ziliao/wjrw/2167/2169/t9170.htm|title=驻伊拉克共和国历任大使|work=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China|language=Chinese}} and Chinese Ambassador to Iran from 1999 to 2002.{{cite web|url=https://www.mfa.gov.cn/chn/pds/ziliao/wjrw/2167/2169/t9171.htm|title=驻伊朗伊斯兰共和国历任大使|work=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China|language=Chinese}} Sun was also part of the team that re-established the Chinese embassy in Baghdad.{{Cite book |last=Murphy |first=Dawn C. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1249712936 |title=China's rise in the Global South : the Middle East, Africa, and Beijing's alternative world order |date=2022 |publisher=Stanford University Press |isbn=978-1-5036-3060-4 |edition= |location=Stanford, California |pages=102 |oclc=1249712936}}

From 2006 to 2009, Sun served as China's Special Envoy on Middle East Issues.{{Cite book |last=Murphy |first=Dawn C. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1249712936 |title=China's rise in the Global South : the Middle East, Africa, and Beijing's alternative world order |date=2022 |publisher=Stanford University Press |isbn=978-1-5036-3060-4 |location=Stanford, California |pages=102–103 |oclc=1249712936}} During his tenure, China heavily criticized Israel for its disproportionate use of force against Lebanon in 2006.

He died on 12 January 2022, at the age of 80.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=15 January 2022|title=著名外交家孙必干逝世|trans-title= |url=https://www.sohu.com/a/516753304_260616|language=Chinese|work=Sohu|location= |access-date=15 January 2022}}