Chen Lanbin

Chen Lanbin
Chen Lanbin
陳蘭彬
1st Chinese Ambassador to the US
	In office; 11 December 1875 – 24 June 1881
Monarch	Guangxu
Preceded by	position established
Succeeded by	Zheng Zaru
Personal details
Born	1816; Wuchuan, Guangdong,; Qing Dynasty, China
Died	1895 (aged 78–79); Wuchuan, Guangdong,; Qing Dynasty, China
Occupation	Diplomat

Chen Lanbin (simplified Chinese: 陈兰彬; Hanyu Pinyin: Chén Lánbīn; traditional Chinese: 陳蘭彬; 1816–1895), courtesy name Li Qiu (荔秋) was the first Chinese Minister to the United States during the Qing Dynasty.^[1]

Chen was a native of Wuchuan City in Guangdong Province. He passed the highest imperial examination in 1853 at the age of 24 and entered the Hanlin Academy. He soon became the head of two departments of the Qing government in succession. In 1872 he was sent to the United States and named commissioner of the Chinese Educational Commission in Hartford, Connecticut, despite knowing no English.^[2] He occupied numerous other positions until 1875, when he began acting as the government's representative in the United States. He was formally named the Chinese Ambassador to the United States, Spain, and Peru in 1878, a position that he held until 1881.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Lin Bude (October 2007). 七律·读清代名臣陈兰彬生平事迹感怀四首（之四） (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2011-03-22. Retrieved 2010-03-08. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Brawner Bevis, Teresa. Chinese Students in US Colleges, The First Hundred Years.

[MSN-1] Lin Bude (October 2007). 七律·读清代名臣陈兰彬生平事迹感怀四首（之四） (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2011-03-22. Retrieved 2010-03-08. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[2] Brawner Bevis, Teresa. Chinese Students in US Colleges, The First Hundred Years.

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v t e Chinese ambassadors to the United States
Qing minister 1875–1912	Chen Lanbin 1875–81 Cheng Tsao-Ju 1881–85 Zhang Yinheng 1885–89 Cui Guoyin 1889–93 Yang Yü 1893–96 Wu Tingfang 1896–1902 Liang Cheng 1902–07 Wu Tingfang 1907–09 Zhang Yintang 1909–11 Alfred Sao-ke Sze 1911–12
Republic of China Envoy 1912–35	Zhang Yintang 1912–13 Xia Xiefu 1913–15 V. K. Wellington Koo 1915–20 Alfred Sao-ke Sze 1920–29 Wu Chaoshu 1929–31 Yan Huiqing 1931–33 Alfred Sao-ke Sze 1933–35
Republic of China Ambassador 1935–79	Alfred Sao-ke Sze 1935–36 Chengting T. Wang 1936–38 Hu Shih 1938–42 Wei Tao-ming 1942–46 Wellington Koo 1946–56 Hollington Tong 1956–58 George Yeh 1958–61 Tsiang Tingfu 1961–65 Zhou Shukai 1965–71 James Shen 1971–79
People's Republic of China Liaison Office Chief 1973–79	Huang Zhen 1973–77 Chai Zemin 1978–79
People's Republic of China Ambassador 1979–present	Chai Zemin 1979–82 Zhang Wenjin 1983–85 Han Xu 1985–89 Zhu Qizhen 1989–93 Li Daoyu 1993–98 Li Zhaoxing 1998–2001 Yang Jiechi 2001–05 Zhou Wenzhong 2005–10 Zhang Yesui 2010–13 Cui Tiankai 2013–21 Qin Gang 2021–23 Xie Feng 2023-present

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