Cui Tiankai

His Excellency
Cui Tiankai
His Excellency Cui Tiankai
崔天凯
	Cui in 2018
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 72); 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 to June 2021.