Since 1972, the Federal Republic of Germany has maintained diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China, whose first German embassy was housed in a former hotel in Wachtberg-Niederbachem from 1973 to 1984. Since then, the Chinese embassy has been headquartered in Bad Godesberg. Its building there, a 19th century mansion known as the Rigal‘sche Schloss, was renovated and three new edifices were added on to it.
