List of ambassadors of Italy to China
The Italian ambassador to China is the head of the Italian diplomatic mission in China, the official representative of the Government in Rome to the Government of China.
List of representatives
Term start
Head of mission
Observations
List of prime ministers of Italy
List of heads of state of China
Term end
March 13, 1867
Vittorio Sallier De La Tour [ 1]
Bettino Ricasoli
Cixi
1870
March 7, 1870
Alessandro Fe' d'Ostiani [de ; it ] [ 1]
Giovanni Lanza
Cixi
1877
February 22, 1877
Raffaele Ulisse Barbolani [ 1]
Agostino Depretis
Cixi
1878
December 12, 1878
Ferdinando de Luca [it ] [ 1]
Benedetto Cairoli
Cixi
1889
December 5, 1889
Alberto Pansa [it ] [ 1]
Francesco Crispi
Guangxu
1894
February 6, 1894
Alessandro Bardi [ 1]
Francesco Crispi
Guangxu
1896
March 6, 1898
Renato De Martino [it ; zh ] [ 1]
Antonio di Rudinì
Guangxu
1899
March 23, 1899
Giuseppe Salvago Raggi [ 1]
Luigi Pelloux
Cixi
1901
December 19, 1901
Giovanni Gallina [ 1]
Giuseppe Zanardelli
Cixi
1904
July 11, 1904
Carlo Baroli [ 1]
Giovanni Giolitti
Cixi
1906
November 3, 1907
Giulio Cesare Vinci [ 1]
Giovanni Giolitti
Cixi
1910
March 3, 1910
Federico Barilari [ 1]
Sidney Sonnino
Puyi
1911
May 11, 1911
Carlo Sforza [ 1]
Giovanni Giolitti
Puyi
1915
September 1, 1916
Carlo Aliotti [ 1]
Antonio Salandra
Yuan Shikai
1919
January 6, 1919
Carlo Garbasso [ 1]
Vittorio Emanuele Orlando
Xu Shichang
1919
May 27, 1920
Carlo Durazzo [ 1]
Francesco Saverio Nitti
Xu Shichang
1921
September 28, 1922
Vittorio Cerruti [ 1]
Luigi Facta
Li Yuanhong
1926
February 6, 1927
Daniele Varè [ 1]
Benito Mussolini
Wellington Koo
1931
May 26, 1932
Galeazzo Ciano [ 1]
Benito Mussolini
Lin Sen
1933
September 19, 1933
Raffaele Boscarelli [ 1]
Benito Mussolini
Lin Sen
1934
December 6, 1934
Vincenzo Lojacono [ 1]
Benito Mussolini
Lin Sen
1937
January 4, 1937
Giuliano Cora [ 1]
Benito Mussolini
Lin Sen
1937
June 22, 1938
Francesco Maria Taliani de Marchio [ 1]
Benito Mussolini
Lin Sen
1946
March 6, 1946
Sergio Fenoaltea [ 1]
Alcide De Gasperi
Chiang Kai-shek
1949
1949
Ezio Mizzan [ 1]
chargé d'affaires
Alcide De Gasperi
Chiang Kai-shek
1951
1951 – 1971
December 8, 1970
Antonino Restivo [ 2]
chargé d'affaires
Emilio Colombo
Soong Ching-ling
1971
May 12, 1971
Folco Trabalza [ 3]
Emilio Colombo
Zhu De
1975
September 4, 1975
Marco Francisci Di Baschi [ 4]
Aldo Moro
Zhu De
1980
August 1, 1980
Giulio Tamagnini [ 4]
Francesco Cossiga
Ye Jianying
1984
January 30, 1984
Raffaele Marras [ 5]
Bettino Craxi
Li Xiannian
1987
February 1, 1987
Alberto Solera [ 5]
Bettino Craxi
Li Xiannian
1990
February 28, 1990
Oliviero Rossi
Giulio Andreotti
Yang Shangkun
1994
April 23, 1994
Alessandro Quaroni
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
Jiang Zemin
1998
September 17, 1998
Paolo Bruni
Romano Prodi
Jiang Zemin
2003
April 30, 2003
Gabriele Menegatti
Silvio Berlusconi
Hu Jintao
2006
December 11, 2006
Riccardo Sessa
Romano Prodi
Hu Jintao
2010
December 12, 2010
Attilio Massimo Iannucci
Silvio Berlusconi
Hu Jintao
2013
January 5, 2013
Alberto Bradanini
Mario Monti
Hu Jintao
2015
July 20, 2015
Ettore Francesco Sequi
Matteo Renzi
Xi Jinping
2019
January 2, 2020
Luca Ferrari
Giuseppe Conte
Xi Jinping
2022
May 17, 2023
Massimo Ambrosetti
Giorgia Meloni
Xi Jinping
incumbent
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