UNdemocracy.com

Nation page for China

China

China is a permanent member of the Security Council.

List of elected members not yet updated; please remind [email protected] to do it.

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.

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.

NameSpeechesFirstLast
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
Source Code of undemocracy.com protected by AGPL Open Knowledge