Cheng Yonghua (; born September 1954) is a Chinese diplomat who served as Ambassador to Japan from 2010 to 2019.

Life and career

Cheng was born in

Changchun Changchun (, ; ), also romanized as Ch'angch'un, is the capital and largest city of Jilin Province, People's Republic of China. Lying in the center of the Songliao Plain, Changchun is administered as a , comprising 7 districts, 1 county and 3 c ...

Jilin Jilin (; alternately romanized as Kirin or Chilin) is one of the three provinces of Northeast China. Its capital and largest city is Changchun. Jilin borders North Korea (Rasŏn, North Hamgyong, Ryanggang and Chagang) and Russia (Prim ...

in September 1954. Beginning in 1977, he served in several posts in the Chinese Embassy in Japan, including secretary, director, and counsellor. On February 28, 2010, the Chinese president

Hu Jintao Hu Jintao (born 21 December 1942) is a Chinese politician who served as the 16–17th general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 2002 to 2012, the 6th president of the People's Republic of China (PRC) from 2003 to 2013, an ...

appointed Cheng the Chinese Ambassador to

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

, succeeding

Cui Tiankai Cui Tiankai (; born October 1952) is a Chinese diplomat and longest-serving Chinese Ambassador to the United States, a role he filled from April 2013 to June 2021. Early life and education In 1952, Cui was born in Shanghai, China. He is a nat ...

. Cheng was the Chinese Ambassador to

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

from 2006 to 2008, and the

Chinese Ambassador to South Korea The Chinese Ambassador to South Korea is the official representative of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of Korea. Chinese-Korean diplomatic relations were well established before the Joseon period of Korean history. In 1882, the g ...

between October 2008 to January 2010.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cheng, Yonghua 1954 births Living people People from Changchun Wako University alumni Sōka University alumni Ambassadors of China to Japan Ambassadors of China to South Korea Ambassadors of China to Malaysia