What is the earliest photo of China?

Jules Etier, a Frenchman, was the first person to bring photography to China. 1844, as a French customs prosecutor, came to China with a French trade delegation to participate in the Sino-French negotiations on the Huangpu Treaty.

During their stay in China, the Egyptians took portraits of the representatives of the two countries by means of silver plate photography. They are the French representative, Rasini, and the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, senior citizens. Later, Jiao Ying mentioned in his memorial to the emperor that he had exchanged "small photos" with the envoys of Britain, France, the United States and Portugal. This photo was taken by an Egyptian, only five years after Daguerre's photography was published, and it is the earliest photo taken in China.