Cui Tiankai

Cui Tiankai
崔天凯
Cui in 2018
Ambassador of China to the United States
In office
April 15, 2013  June 23, 2021
Preceded byZhang Yesui
Succeeded byQin Gang
Chinese Ambassador to Japan
In office
October 9, 2007  January 26, 2009
Preceded byWang Yi
Succeeded byCheng Yonghua
Personal details
BornOctober 1952 (age 72)
Shanghai, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Residence(s)Embassy of China, Washington, D.C., U.S (April 2013 - June 2021)
Alma mater

Cui Tiankai (Chinese: 崔天凯; pinyin: Cuī Tiānkǎi; born October 1952) is a Chinese diplomat and was the longest-serving Chinese Ambassador to the United States, a role he filled from April 2013 to June 2021.