Embassy of China in Seoul (Chinese: 中国驻韩国大使馆 ; Korean: 주 대한민국 중화인민공화국대사관), is the official diplomatic mission of the China to South Korea. The embassy is located at 83-7 2nd St, Myeong-dong, Seoul, South Korea. The current ambassador is Xing Haiming.
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Chinese: 中国驻韩国大使馆 Korean: 주 대한민국 중화인민공화국대사관 | |
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| Location | Myeong-dong District, Seoul, South Korea  |
| Address | 27 2nd St, Myeong-dong District, Seoul |
| Ambassador | Xing Haiming |
| Website | Chinese Embassy to South Korea |
It was originally purchased by Qing merchants and built as the "Qing Merchant Guild Hall". In 1883, it was renamed to the "Qing Mansion". In 1885, when Yuan Shikai went to Joseon to negotiate trade matters, it was renamed again to the "Prime Minister's Office".
History
editOn August 24, 1992, South Korea established diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China after severing diplomatic relations with the Republic of China. The embassy buildings and other assets were taken over by the South Korean government and transferred to China.[1] In response to the Korean government's hard stance on taking over the embassy, some of the diplomats who worked there wreaked havoc on the building, including cutting it off from water and electricity, and destroying carpets and furniture.[2] It was alleged that the new envoys who arrived didn't even have a place to eat in the building. Soon after, engineering and technical personnel were called from Shandong Province to repair the building, which was completed by January 1993.[citation needed]
The move-in of the embassy was officially complete on February 5, 1993.[3] In 2002, due to the renovation and reconstruction of the Myeongdong site, the Chinese Embassy in South Korea temperorarily moved to Jongno District, which then moved back in January 2014.
The newly built embassy consists of a 10-story office building and another 24-story dormitory building. The new embassy covers an area of 18,000 square meters, which is larger than the U.S. Embassy (9,871 square metres (106,250 sq ft)) and the Russian Embassy (12,012 square metres (129,300 sq ft)) in Seoul. Among the Chinese embassies, it is second in area only to the Chinese embassy in Washington (23,000 square metres (250,000 sq ft)).[citation needed]
List of Ambassadors
edit| # | Ambassador | Took office | Left office | Notes |
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| 1 | Zhang Tingyan | September 1992 | August 1998 | |
| 2 | Wu Dawei | September 1998 | July 2001 | |
| 3 | Li Bin | October 2001 | August 2005 | [4] |
| 4 | Ning Fukui | September 2005 | October 2008 | |
| 5 | Cheng Yonghua | October 2008 | February 2010 | |
| 6 | Zhang Xinsen | March 2010 | December 2013 | [5] |
| 7 | Qiu Guohong | February 2014 | December 2019 | [6] |
| 8 | Xing Haiming | January 2020 | July 2024 | |
| 9 | Fang Kun | July 2024 | Incumbent | Charge d'affaires |
See also
edit- Chinese Cultural Center in Seoul
- China–South Korea relations
- Embassy of South Korea, Beijing
- Diplomatic missions of China
- Diplomatic missions in South Korea
References
edit- ^ Kristof, Nicholas D. (1992-08-24). "Chinese and South Koreans Formally Establish Relations". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
- ^ 聯合報. "【圖輯】照片看歷史／1992年台韓斷交 民情激憤南韓使館前抗議 | 聯合報". 聯合報數位版 (in Chinese). Retrieved 2023-10-28.
- ^ 延静 (2007-07-27). "中韩建交系列（之四）中国驻韩使馆修了仨月". 世界新闻报. Archived from the original on 2020-11-07. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
- ^ Europa World Year Book 2004, p. 2511., p. 2511, at Google Books
- ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, Embassy in the ROK
- ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, Chinese Ambassadors to R. O. K. (the Republic of Korea) [1], 驻大韩民国历任大使, [2]