"Chen, Lanbin"@en . . . "First Minister to the United States" . "1816Z"^^ . . "Chen Lanbin (Traditional Chinese: \u9673\u862D\u5F6C; Simplified Chinese: \u9648\u5170\u5F6C; Hanyu Pinyin: Ch\u00E9n L\u00E1nb\u012Bn) (1816\u20131895), courtesy name Li Qiu (\u8354\u79CB) was the first Chinese Minister to the United States during the Qing Dynasty.Chen was a native of Wuchuan City in Guangdong Province. He passed the highest imperial examination in 1853 at the age of 24 and entered the Hanlin Academy. He soon became the head of two departments of the Qing government in succession."@en . "1895Z"^^ . .