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 [ edit ] 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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