On August 23, 2007, President Hu Jintao of the People's Republic of China announced the appointment of the following new ambassadors in accordance with a decision made by the National People's Congress Standing Committee.

Zhang Keyuan is appointed as ambassador to Iceland to replace Wang Xinshi.

Yu Hongyao replaces Gao Shumao as new ambassador to Mongolia.

Wang Xiaodu replaces Shen Jiangkuan as new ambassador to Djibouti.

Huang Changqing replaces Wang Sifa as new ambassador to Cameroon.

Zhou Yuxiao replaces Lin Songtian as new ambassador to Liberia.

Ma Zhixue replaces Sun Rongmin as new ambassador to Luxembourg.

Sun Rongmin replaces Yuan Guisen as new ambassador to Poland.

Cheng Shuping replaces Bao Shusheng as new ambassador to Vanuatu.

Wang Xiaoyuan is appointed as ambassador to Costa Rica and he is dismissed from ambassador to Uruguay.