Aisin-Gioro Ch'i-ying

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Aisin-Gioro Ch'i-ying (zh: 愛新覺羅耆英; b. 1790; forced suicide 29 June 1858) was a government minister in the Qing Empire of China. A member of the imperial house of Aisin-Gioro, he was the Chinese representative in the negotiation of several treaties, including the Treaty of Nanking, many of which China saw as unfair to itself during and after the 20th century.

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