Cui Tiankai

His Excellency Cui Tiankai
崔天凯
Cui in 2012
Ambassador of China to the United States
In office April 15, 2013 – June 23, 2021
Preceded by	Zhang Yesui
Succeeded by	Qin Gang
Chinese Ambassador to Japan
In office October 9, 2007 – January 26, 2009
Preceded by	Wang Yi
Succeeded by	Cheng Yonghua
Personal details
Born	October 1952 (age 71) Shanghai, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Residence(s)	Embassy of China, Washington, D.C., U.S (April 2013 - June 2021)
Alma mater	East China Normal University (Undergrad in Foreign Languages) Beijing Foreign Studies University (Grad in Translation) Johns Hopkins University (MIPP)

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^[1] to June 2021.