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Embassy of Mexico in China
Embajada de México en China
Incumbent
Jesús Seade
since 8 October 2021
StyleExcellency
TypeDiplomatic mission
StatusActive
Reports toSecretariat of Foreign Affairs
President of Mexico
SeatSanlitun Dong Wu Jie 5
Chaoyang, Beijing
AppointerPresident of Mexico
with Senate advice and consent
Term lengthNo set term length
Formation1904
First holderCarlos Américo Lera
Websiteembamex.sre.gob.mx/china

The Embassy of Mexico in China, based out of Beijing, is the primary diplomatic mission from the United Mexican States to the People's Republic of China.

Location

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The chancery for the Embassy is located at Sanlitun Dong Wu Jie 5, Chaoyang in Beijing. Additionally, Mexico maintains a cultural section in order to promote the culture, artistic community and image of Mexico in China.[1][2]

Mexico also maintains consulates-general in Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Shanghai.[3]

History

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Mexico and the Qing dynasty first began official diplomatic relations on 14 December 1899 following the signing of the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation. Later, Mexico opened its first legation in Beijing in 1904.[4]

Following the Chinese Revolution of 1911, the legation was instructed to continue representing the interests of Mexico before the new government. However, due to the instability resulting from the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War, Mexico was forced to relocated its legation multiple times. First, to Nanjing, the capital of the Republic of China, then to Shanghai. Following Japan's invasion in 1941, Mexico was forced to close its legation in Shanghai.[4]

In 1942, Mexico reopened its legation in the city of Chongqing, the provisional home of the Republic of China, and in 1943 diplomatic missions between the two nations were elevated to that of embassies. In 1945 General Heliodoro Escalante presented his credentials to President Chiang Kai-shek as Mexico's first ambassador to China. From 1949 to 1971 Mexico maintained relations with the Republic of China, even after its defeat in the Chinese Civil War. However, Mexico did not formally establish an embassy in the Republic of China, instead allowing its ambassador in Japan to act concurrently in China.[4]

In November 1971, following the passage of United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758, Mexico decided to break off relations with the Republic of China as the People's Republic of China was recognized as the only legitimate representative of China to the United Nations. Subsequently, on 14 February 1972 Mexico and the People's Republic of China formally established diplomatic relations. As part of this agreement, both countries agreed to the installation of diplomatic representations at the ambassador level in their respective capitals. Mexico opened its first embassy in Beijing in May 1972, with its first ambassador, Eugenio Anguiano Roch, presenting his credentials to the Chinese government on 9 August 1972. Since the establishment of relations between the two countries, every Mexican president has paid China an official state visit, beginning with Luis Echeverría in 1973.[4][5]

Ambassadors

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The following is the list of Mexican Ambassadors to China since 1972, the year Mexico recognized the People's Republic of China as the sole representative of the Chinese people:[4][6]

Ambassador Term President
Eugenio Anguiano Roch 1972–1976 Luis Echeverría
Omar Martínez Legorreta 1976–1978 Luis Echeverría
José López Portillo y Pacheco
Víctor Manzanilla Schaffer 1980–1982 José López Portillo y Pacheco
Eugenio Anguiano Roch 1982–1987 José López Portillo y Pacheco
Miguel de la Madrid
Fausto Zapata Loredo 1987–1988 Miguel de la Madrid
Jorge Eduardo Navarrete López 1989–1993 Carlos Salinas de Gortari
Victor Manuel Rodríguez Arriaga 1993–1994 Carlos Salinas de Gortari
Ernesto Zedillo
Luis Wybo Alfaro 1995–1999 Ernesto Zedillo
Cecilio Garza Limón 1999–2001 Ernesto Zedillo
Vicente Fox
Ismael Sergio Ley López 2001–2006 Vicente Fox
Jorge Eugenio Guajardo González 2007–2013 Felipe Calderón
Julián Ventura Valero 2013–2017 Enrique Peña Nieto
José Luis Bernal Rodríguez 2017–2021 Enrique Peña Nieto
Andrés Manuel López Obrador
Jesús Seade 2021–Present Andrés Manuel López Obrador

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "La Embajada" [The Embassy]. Secretariat of Foreign Affairs (in Spanish). Government of Mexico. n.d. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Promoción Cultural" [Cultural Promotion]. Secretariat of Foreign Affairs (in Spanish). Government of Mexico. n.d. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Consulados de México en el Exterior" [Consulates of Mexico Abroad]. Secretariat of Foreign Affairs (in Spanish). Government of Mexico. 30 January 2018. Archived from the original on 11 August 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Manual de Organización de la Embajada de Mexico en China" [Organizational Manual of the Embassy of Mexico in China] (PDF). Secretariat of Foreign Affairs (in Spanish). Government of Mexico. 14 April 2009. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  5. ^ Rosas, María Cristina (July–August 2010). "Encuentros y desencuentros: las relaciones entre México y la República Popular China" [Encounters and Disagreements: Relations between Mexico and the People's Republic of China]. Nueva Sociedad (in Spanish). Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Acervo Histórico Diplomático: China" [Diplomatic Historical Archive: China]. Secretariat of Foreign Affairs of Mexico (in Spanish). Government of Mexico. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
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