On May 23, 2012, Chinese President Hu Jintao received credentials presented by new ambassadors from eight foreign countries at the Great Hall of the People.

The ambassadors include Loh Ka Leung from Singapore, Gerald Peter Nyirenda from Zambia, Philip Sang'ka Marmo from Tanzania, Abubakarr Multi-Kamara from Sierra Leone, Yahya Eslayyem Salman Qaralleh from Jordan, Nurlan Yermekbayev from Kazakhstan, Furbanov Daniyar from Uzbekistan and Plamen Georgiev Shukyurliev from Bulgaria.