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The Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the United States (simplified Chinese: 中国驻美国大使馆; traditional Chinese: 中國駐美國大使館; pinyin: zhōngguó zhù měiguó dàshǐ guǎn) is the diplomatic mission of the People's Republic of China to the United States, located at Northwest Quadrant, Washington D.C. [1]
This consulate was one of two original consulates that China set up, with the other being the now-closed consulate in Houston. The consular district includes most states in the Northwest, including NorCal, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, and Alaska. [2] The consulate is located at 1450 Laguna St., San Francisco, CA. [3]
The PRC has the largest number of active diplomatic posts in the world, [1] including 274 bilateral posts (embassies and consulates) in 176 countries as well as 8 permanent missions to international organizations and two other posts (as of November 2023).
In 1987, China and the United States reached an agreement that each would open a fifth consular mission in the other's country, which led to the opening of the Los Angeles mission and was intended to result in the opening of the U.S. Consulate General in Wuhan. [4] Liu Jian is the Consul General the People's Republic of China in Los Angeles. [5]
New York City, the largest city in the United States, is home to the General Assembly of the United Nations, and all 195 member and observer states send permanent delegations. Nine diplomatic missions in New York City listed below are also formally accredited as each country's official embassy to the United States. There are 108 missions in the ...
Opened in 1979 by the People's Republic of China, it was the first Chinese consulate general to be established in the United States. On July 24, 2020, the consulate was ordered to close by the United States government. [2] In addition to the main consulate building, it also maintained an education office in Midtown. [3]
The Ambassador of China to the United States is the official representative of the People's Republic of China to the United States.The current ambassador is Xie Feng.The official full title of the office is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the United States of America.
In September 2024, Linda Sun, a former deputy chief of staff to New York governor Kathy Hochul, was indicted for violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act. [1] [11] [12] The indictment showed that Sun had worked with the consulate to prevent then-lieutenant governor Hochul from attending an event at the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York.