Chinese President Hu Jintao received in Beijing Friday the credentials of six new foreign ambassadors to China.

The ambassadors were Joyce Mwaka Chembe Musenge from Zambia, Ismail Ibrahim Houmed from Djibouti, Omar Ahmed Albitar from the United Arab Emirates, Marco Piccinini from Monaco, Bal Mohamed El Habib from Mauritania, and Frantisek Dlhopolcek from Slovakia.