China
- China has been a member of the United Nations since 24 October 1945
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- China is part of the Asia / Middle East block
- China has participated in 2405 votes since 4 March 1994, most recently on 23 December 2009
China is a permanent member of the Security Council.
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Minority votes in the General Assembly
Sometimes these votes highlight an issue where there is a difference from the majority of the international community.
China…
| voted alone (out of 87 nations) to abstain on | The draft resolution (resolution 49/243). | 21 April 1995 |
| voted alone (out of 167 nations) to abstain on | Operative paragraph 2. | 12 December 1995 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 157) to abstain on | The draft resolution (resolution 54/62). | 1 December 1999 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 126) to abstain on | Draft resolution A/54/L.64, as amended, (resolution 54/117). | 15 December 1999 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 145) to abstain on | Draft resolution A/53/L.60, as amended, (resolution 53/85). | 7 December 1998 |
| voted with 2 other nations (out of 164) to abstain on | Operative paragraph 4. | 12 December 1995 |
| voted with 2 other nations (out of 154) against | Section III of draft resolution IX. | 17 December 1999 |
| voted with 4 other nations (out of 157) to abstain on | Draft resolution A/52/L.13 as a whole (resolution 52/11). | 12 November 1997 |
| voted with 4 other nations (out of 149) to abstain on | The motion. | 9 December 1994 |
| voted with 2 other nations (out of 133) against | Draft resolution A/51/L.72 (resolution 51/229). | 21 May 1997 |
| voted with 5 other nations (out of 150) to abstain on | Paragraph 14. | 21 December 2007 |
| voted with 5 other nations (out of 183) to abstain on | Draft resolution XXXIV (resolution 63/73). | 2 December 2008 |
| voted with 5 other nations (out of 168) to abstain on | Draft resolution A/49/L.2/Rev.2, as a whole, as amended, (resolution 49/65). | 15 December 1994 |
| voted with 5 other nations (out of 162) to abstain on | The draft resolution (resolution 53/71). | 4 December 1998 |
| voted with 6 other nations (out of 178) to abstain on | Draft resolution XVI (resolution 61/74). | 6 December 2006 |
| voted with 6 other nations (out of 177) to abstain on | Draft resolution XI (resolution 60/65). | 8 December 2005 |
| voted with 7 other nations (out of 177) to abstain on | Draft resolution XIV (resolution 58/180). | 22 December 2003 |
| voted with 7 other nations (out of 121) to abstain on | Operative paragraph 15. | 23 December 2005 |
| voted with 7 other nations (out of 170) to abstain on | Draft resolution XIII (resolution 56/159). | 19 December 2001 |
| voted with 7 other nations (out of 153) to abstain on | Draft resolution A/50/L.11 as a whole (resolution 50/9). | 1 November 1995 |
Minority votes in the Security Council
For a permanent member a vote against constitutes a veto.
- 23 September 1994 – The situation in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 30 January 1995 – The question concerning Haiti Report of the Secretary-General on the question concerning Haiti (S/1995/46 and Add.1)
- 22 October 1996 – The situation in Georgia Report of the Secretary-General pursuant to Security Council resolution 1065 (1996) (S/1996/644) Report of the Secretary-General concerning the situation in Abkhazia, Georgia (S/1996/843)
- 10 January 1997 – Central America: efforts towards peace Report of the Secretary-General (S/1996/1045 and Add.1 and 2)
- 28 March 1997 – The situation in Albania Letter dated 28 March 1997 from the Permanent Representative of Albania to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/1997/259)
- 19 June 1997 – The situation in Albania Letter dated 14 June 1997 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/1997/460) Letter dated 16 June 1997 from the Permanent Representative of Albania to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/1997/464)
- 31 March 1998 – Letter dated 11 March 1998 from the Deputy Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/1998/223) Letter dated 27 March 1998 from the Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/1998/272)
- 23 September 1998 – Letter dated 11 March 1998 from the Deputy Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/1998/223) Letter dated 27 March 1998 from the Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/1998/272) Report of the Secretary-General prepared pursuant to resolution 1160 (1998) of the Security Council (S/1998/834 and Add.1)
- 17 November 1998 – International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia Letter dated 8 September 1998 from the President of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/1998/839) Letter dated 22 October 1998 from the President of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/1998/990) Letter dated 6 November 1998 from the President of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/1998/1040)
- 25 February 1999 – The situation in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Preventive Deployment Force pursuant to Security Council resolution 1186 (1998) (S/1999/161)
Ambassadors
People who have spoken in the General Assembly or Security Council in the name of China. Sometimes ministers or heads of state take the place of the official ambassador of the day.
| Name | Speeches | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Zhang Awn | 1 | 27 April 1994 | 27 April 1994 |
| Mr. Xie Bohua | 9 | 12 December 1997 | 3 November 2005 |
| Mr. Xie Bouchua | 1 | 12 December 1996 | 12 December 1996 |
| Mr. Shao Changfeng | 1 | 11 December 2008 | 11 December 2008 |
| Mr. Chen | 1 | 31 March 1994 | 31 March 1994 |
| Mr. Wu Chengjiang | 2 | 15 December 1994 | 1 November 1995 |
| Mrs. Feng Cui | 1 | 23 December 1994 | 23 December 1994 |
| Ms. Feng Cui | 1 | 22 December 1995 | 22 December 1995 |
| Mr. Zhang Dan | 1 | 3 November 2006 | 3 November 2006 |
| Ms. Zhang Dan | 3 | 18 December 2007 | 8 January 2009 |
| Mr. Wang Donghua | 9 | 11 August 2000 | 20 December 2002 |
| Mr. Gao Feng | 7 | 21 May 1997 | 24 November 1999 |
| Mr. Jiang Guangping | 1 | 6 October 2005 | 6 October 2005 |
| Mr. Wang Guangya | 103 | 24 September 1999 | 31 July 2008 |
| Mr. Shen Guofang | 108 | 27 March 1998 | 31 January 2002 |
| Mr.Shen Guofang | 1 | 5 November 2001 | 5 November 2001 |
| Mr. Wang Guoqiang | 1 | 14 October 2004 | 14 October 2004 |
| Mr. Wu Haitao | 5 | 12 November 1997 | 11 November 2002 |
| Ms. Xue Hanqin | 1 | 30 October 2001 | 30 October 2001 |
| President Hu | 1 | 14 September 2005 | 14 September 2005 |
| Mr. Qin Huasun | 107 | 9 June 1995 | 31 January 2000 |
| Mr. Wen Jiabao | 1 | 24 September 2008 | 24 September 2008 |
| Ms. Xiang Jiagu | 1 | 7 December 1998 | 7 December 1998 |
| Mr. Chen Jian | 4 | 21 April 1994 | 22 June 1994 |
| Mr. Guan Jian | 3 | 29 June 2004 | 15 December 2005 |
| Mr. Jiang Jiang | 2 | 22 October 2002 | 23 October 2002 |
| Mr. Tang Jianxuan | 1 | 13 September 2002 | 13 September 2002 |
| Mr. Jiaxuan | 1 | 16 September 2002 | 16 September 2002 |
| Mr. Tang Jiaxuan | 11 | 23 September 1998 | 7 March 2003 |
| Mr. Yang Jiechi | 2 | 25 September 2007 | 28 September 2007 |
| Mr. Liu Jieyi | 4 | 27 February 1997 | 29 October 1997 |
| Mr. Cheng Jingye | 16 | 30 October 2000 | 29 November 2007 |
| President Hu Jintao | 3 | 14 September 2005 | 24 September 2009 |
| Mr. Zhang Jun | 1 | 7 December 1994 | 7 December 1994 |
| Mr. Li Junhua | 11 | 15 November 2005 | 30 January 2008 |
| Mr. Zhang Kening | 3 | 6 December 1994 | 17 December 1996 |
| Mr. Li Kexin | 7 | 30 June 2006 | 26 November 2008 |
| Mr. Sun Laiyan | 1 | 20 October 2004 | 20 October 2004 |
| Mr. Wang Lei | 3 | 15 November 1999 | 16 December 2002 |
| Mr. Wang Longde | 1 | 2 June 2006 | 2 June 2006 |
| Ms. Chen Peijie | 5 | 8 June 2007 | 16 July 2009 |
| The President | 1 | 16 July 2007 | 16 July 2007 |
| Mr. Liu Qi | 1 | 31 October 2007 | 31 October 2007 |
| Mr. Liu Qian | 1 | 11 June 2008 | 11 June 2008 |
| Mr. Qiang | 1 | 22 September 2003 | 22 September 2003 |
| Mr. Qian Qichen | 6 | 28 September 1994 | 25 September 1997 |
| Mr. Yu Qingtai | 2 | 14 October 1998 | 12 February 2008 |
| Mr. Wang Qun | 1 | 27 October 2008 | 27 October 2008 |
| Mr. Pang Sen | 1 | 2 November 1998 | 2 November 1998 |
| Mr. Yuan Shaofu | 4 | 28 November 1995 | 18 February 1999 |
| Mr. Shen | 1 | 9 June 2000 | 9 June 2000 |
| Mr. Chen Shiqiu | 1 | 4 November 1996 | 4 November 1996 |
| Ms. Wang Shuxian | 1 | 11 December 2007 | 11 December 2007 |
| Mr. Li Song | 1 | 9 December 2004 | 9 December 2004 |
| Mr. Ma Songde | 1 | 17 June 2002 | 17 June 2002 |
| Mr. Ge Songxue | 1 | 8 December 2003 | 8 December 2003 |
| Mr. Cui Tiankai | 3 | 12 November 1997 | 20 February 2007 |
| Mr. Wang | 3 | 14 December 1994 | 27 March 1997 |
| Ms. Wang | 1 | 18 December 1997 | 18 December 1997 |
| Mr. Zhang Wanhai | 1 | 26 June 1998 | 26 June 1998 |
| Mr. Su Wei | 1 | 26 October 2000 | 26 October 2000 |
| Mr. Yao Wenlong | 2 | 14 November 2005 | 3 October 2008 |
| Mr. Qu Wensheng | 1 | 25 October 2000 | 25 October 2000 |
| Mr. Yu Wenzhe | 1 | 17 December 1999 | 17 December 1999 |
| Mr. Du Xiacong | 3 | 22 October 2007 | 28 May 2009 |
| Mr. Hu Xiadi | 1 | 31 October 2005 | 31 October 2005 |
| Mr. Wang Xue Xian | 1 | 7 November 1994 | 7 November 1994 |
| Ms. Zhang Xiao’an | 1 | 9 November 1999 | 9 November 1999 |
| Mr. Du Xiaocong | 1 | 8 June 2009 | 8 June 2009 |
| Mr. Hu Xiaodi | 2 | 4 November 2003 | 1 November 2004 |
| Mr. Xu Xiaodi | 1 | 20 October 2000 | 20 October 2000 |
| Mrs. Wang Xiaolin | 1 | 13 December 1996 | 13 December 1996 |
| Mr. Chen Xu | 32 | 26 February 1999 | 28 April 2003 |
| Mr. Huang Xuegi | 1 | 3 November 2000 | 3 November 2000 |
| Mr. Huang Xueqi | 2 | 19 November 1999 | 27 November 2000 |
| Mr. Wang Xuexian | 56 | 29 September 1994 | 28 August 1997 |
| Mr. He Yafei | 7 | 23 September 1994 | 16 December 2008 |
| Ms. Yang Yanyi | 2 | 25 October 1994 | 2 November 1995 |
| Mr. Zhang Yesui | 23 | 29 September 2008 | 23 December 2009 |
| Mr. Wang Yi | 1 | 16 April 2008 | 16 April 2008 |
| Mr. La Yifan | 20 | 2 June 2008 | 18 June 2009 |
| Mr. Wang Yingfan | 104 | 24 February 2000 | 15 December 2003 |
| Mr. Zhang Yishan | 134 | 27 March 2002 | 7 June 2006 |
| Mr. Kang Yong | 1 | 10 December 2008 | 10 December 2008 |
| Ms. Bai Yongjie | 2 | 25 October 2005 | 8 November 2005 |
| Mr. Yin Yubiao | 1 | 29 October 1998 | 29 October 1998 |
| Mr. Liu Yuyin | 1 | 11 September 2008 | 11 September 2008 |
| President Jiang Zemin | 3 | 24 October 1995 | 7 September 2000 |
| Mr. Zhang | 3 | 12 January 2004 | 8 October 2004 |
| Mr. Hu Zhaoming | 1 | 8 December 1997 | 8 December 1997 |
| Mr. Li Zhaoxing | 51 | 4 March 1994 | 22 September 2006 |
| Mr. Zhaoxing | 1 | 26 October 1994 | 26 October 1994 |
| Mr. Liu Zhengmin | 1 | 14 July 2006 | 14 July 2006 |
| Mr. Liu Zhenmin | 150 | 27 October 2005 | 8 December 2009 |
| Mr. Hou Zhitong | 1 | 17 October 1994 | 17 October 1994 |
| Mr. Huang Zhongpo | 1 | 12 November 2002 | 12 November 2002 |
| Ms. Liu Zhongxin | 1 | 1 November 2005 | 1 November 2005 |
| Mr. Sha Zukang | 4 | 1 November 1995 | 29 October 1996 |
| Mr. Wu Zunyou | 1 | 1 June 2006 | 1 June 2006 |
