On March 27, 2009, Chinese President Hu Jintao accepted at the Great Hall of the People credentials presented, respectively, by new ambassadors to China from Grenada, Turkmenistan, Greece, Tonga, Syria, Georgia and Turkey.

The seven ambassadors are Marcelle Gairy from Grenada, Murat Nazarov from Turkmenistan, Theodoros Georgakelos from Greece, Mahe'uli'uli Sandhurst Tupouniua from Tonga, Khalaf Al-Jarad from Syria, Karlo Sikharulidze from Georgia and Murat Salim Esenli from Turkey.