diplomatic agreement/designated Diplomatic accreditation ambassador Observations List of heads of government of Yemen Premier of the People's Republic of China Term end June 24, 1956 The governments in Beijing and Sanaa established diplomatic relations. Ahmad bin Yahya Zhou Enlai February 6, 1967 No ambassador until 1967 Abdullah al-Sallal Zhou Enlai February 6, 1967 Muhammad Abdul Wassse Hameed Abdullah al-Sallal Zhou Enlai July 4, 1968 July 4, 1968 Abdul Wahed al-Kherbasch [1] Hassan al-Amri Zhou Enlai May 23, 1970 July 17, 1970 Abdu Othman Mohamed Mohsin Ahmad al-Aini Zhou Enlai January 1, 1979 March 1, 1980 Ahmed Mohamed al-Wadidi Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani Zhao Ziyang January 1, 1985 Hussein Abdulkhalek Al-Galal [2] Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani Zhao Ziyang May 20, 1991 Ghaleb Saeed al-Adoofi Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas Li Peng September 1, 1995 Mohammed Hadi Awad born 5 May 1934 married one son, three[3] Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani Li Peng December 15, 2000 Abdulwahab Mohamed Al-Shawkani [4] Abd Al-Karim Al-Iryani Zhu Rongji January 1, 2004 January 29, 2005 Marwan Abdullah Abdulwahab Noman Abdul Qadir Bajamal Wen Jiabao October 21, 2007 Abdul Malik al-Mo'alemi Abdul-Malik al-Mu'alimi In 2004 he was Minister of Telecommunication and Information Technology[5] Ali Muhammad Mujawar Wen Jiabao January 1, 2008 December 19, 2016 Mohamed Othman Almekhlafi [6] Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr Li Keqiang