Xu Feihong

Xu Feihong (; born May 1964) is a Chinese diplomat, currently serving as Chinese Ambassador to India, in office since May 2024. He served as the Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan from 2011 to 2013 and Chinese Ambassador to Romania from 2015 to 2019.

Diplomatic career In 1987, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China and till 1991, he served as the staff member and attaché of the Information Department of the ministry. From 1991 to 1993, he served as an attaché with the Embassy of China in Helsinki, Finland. From 1993 to 1995, he served as consular attaché and deputy consul with the rank of third secretary with Consulate General of China in Busan, South Korea.

In 2015, Xu was appointed as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Romania and on the same year, he presented his credentials to President of Romania Klaus Iohannis. During his tenure as ambassador to Romania, when asked in an interview about Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, Xu called Liu "a criminal who violated Chinese law", and that "Liu Xiaobo's problem is China's internal matter and of the Chinese policy" and that "other countries do not talk and criticize us [China] for this." Xu's tenure as ambassador to Romania ended in 2018 and he was succeeded by Jiang Yu.

In 2018, he was appointed as director of the Service Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Overseas Missions and in 2021, he was appointed as assistant foreign minister for administrative and financial affairs, serving this position till December 2023. In January 2023, he was elected as the member of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. In 2024, according to reports by Indian media, Xu was being finalized to become the next Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to India, a post that had been vacant for over 15 months since the previous ambassador Sun Weidong stepped down from the post in October 2022. In May 2024, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China confirmed to Press Trust of India that President of China Xi Jinping has appointed Xu as the new ambassador to India. On 10 May, Xu arrived in New Delhi to take up his position as the ambassador to India. On 31 May, he along with ambassadors of six other nations presented their credentials to President of India Droupadi Murmu. During his tenure as ambassador, India and China reached an agreement to de-escalate tensions at the Line of Actual Control between the two countries in October 2024 with militaries of both countries completing disengagement of troops at friction points at the line. In August 2025, following President of the United States Donald Trump's imposition of 50% tariffs on India, Xu stated that China opposes it and referred United States as "the bully", and that China would firmly stand with India.

Personal life He is married and has a son.