Who was the delegate from the People's Republic of China to the United
Nations in 1983 ?

Hello.

China's delegate to the United Nations in 1983 was Liang Yufan.

 Ambassador Yufan held that position at the U.N. from at least 1981 through 1985.


Liang Yufan is mentioned as the Chinese delegate in this 1982 U.N. document.

 "The CHAIRMAN (interpretation from French): The next speaker is the
representative of China. I call upon him.
 Mr. LIANG Yufan (China) (interpretation from Chinese): Mr. Chairman,
first of all... "
source:
UNITED NATIONS General Assembly, 19 January 1982,
http://domino.un.org/UNISPAl.NSF/0/3e5057511add055e852569d7005a1bc6?OpenDocument

If you enter the name "Liang Yufan" in the search engine of the New
York Times archive, you will find four articles (from 1983, 1984 and
1985) where "Liang Yufan" is identified as China's U.N.
representative.  The articles may be purchased from the New York
Times.
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/nytimes/advancedsearch.html
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search strategy:
"representative of china", site:un.org
"representative of china", site:un.org, 1983
"representative of china", site:un.org, 1982
new york times: "liang yufan"

I hope this helps.

Thank you - exactly what I needed!

Thank you for the tip.
-juggler