Consulate General of Israel in Chengdu Closes

CdExpat Team

August 13, 2026

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• Following an initial announcement in June, the Consulate General of the Israel in Chengdu officially ceased operations at the end of July 2026.

• This is the most recent in a series of consulate closures we’ve seen in the last 5 years, for a plethora of reasons:
‑ United States (2020)
‑ Czech Republic (2022)
‑ Switzerland (2024)
‑ Poland ( 2025)

• On 24th of July 2026, the Consulate posted a Notice of Closure:

Closure Information

Important Notice Regarding the Closure of the Israeli Mission in Chengdu and Cessation of Consular Services

“Attention all,

Please be advised that as of Wednesday, July 15, 2026, the Israeli Mission in Chengdu (The Consulate General of Israel) will officially cease its operations and close.

Consequently, consular services will no longer be provided at this location.

Applicants requiring consular services, both Israeli citizens and foreign nationals, including the processing of visa applications to Israel and other consular matters, are kindly requested to submit their applications to one of the other official Israeli missions in China.

We thank you for your cooperation and understanding.”

Source: https://embassies.gov.il/chengdu/en/announcements/important-notice-regarding-closure-israeli-mission-chengdu-and-cessation-consular

Consul-General Farewell Letter

In a letter published on the consulate’s social media account on Wednesday, Gadi Harpaz described his five years as Israeli consul general in the southwestern Chinese city as “the most memorable of his diplomatic career” and said he was parting “with a deep sense of sadness and nostalgia”.“Although the consulate general is closing, the bridges of friendship, mutual respect and shared memories we built over the last five years will endure,” Harpaz wrote.

There has been some commentary around how the conflict in the Middle East, eventually effected this consulate mission, published by the South China Morning Post (click here), but we are not here to speculate.