Bilateral Relations

General information

The Republic of Armenia attaches great importance to the further strengthening of the friendly and mutually beneficial ties with China, as well as to the establishment of new partner relations.

Diplomatic relations were established on April 6^th, 1992.

On August 10^th, 1996 the Embassy of the Republic of Armenia was opened in Beijing.

Since 2016 the Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to the People’s Republic of China is Sergey Manassarian.

On July 1992 the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China was opened in Yerevan.

Since November 2020 the Ambassador of the PRC to the RA is Fan Yong.

Since 1992 the Trade representation of the PRC functions in Yerevan.

Visits

To China

May 2019	Working visit of Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of Armenia
April 2016	Working visit of Edward Nalbandian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia
September 2015	Working visit of Hovik Abrahamyan, Prime Minister of Armenia
March 2015	State visit of Serzh Sargsyan, President of Armenia
September 2013	Working visit of Tigran Sargsyan, Prime Minister of Armenia
July 2013	Official visit of Edward Nalbandian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia
September 2010	Working visit of the Prime Minister of Armenia Tigran Sargsyan on the Armenian National Day within the framework of international exhibition "Shanghai Expo-2010"
May 2010	Working visit of the President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan on the Opening ceremony of international exhibition "Shanghai Expo-2010"
September 2009	Official visit of Edward Nalbandian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia
December 2008	Official visit of Hovik Abrahamyan, President of National Assembly of Armenia
June 2005	Working visit of Vartan Oskanian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia
September 2004	State visit of Robert Kocharyan, President of Armenia
February 2001	Official visit of Armen Khachatryan, President of the National Assembly of Armenia
December 2000	Working visit of Andranik Margaryan, Prime Minister of Armenia
September 1999	Official visit of Vartan Oskanian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia
December 1996	Official visit of Babken Ararktsyan, President of the National Assembly of Armenia
May 1996	State visit of Levon Ter-Petrossian, President of Armenia
July 1992	Official Visit of Gagik Harutyunyan, Vice-President, Prime Minister of Armenia

To Armenia

April 2019	Official visit of Shen Yueyue, Vice-Chairperson of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee of China
June 2016	Official visit of Zhang Gaoli, Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Senior Vice-Premier of the State Council of China
May 2016	Official visit of Meng Jianzhu, Special Representative of the President of the People's Republic of China, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Secretary of Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission
April 2011	Official visit of Li Changchun, Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee
February 2011	Working Visit of Yang Jiechi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of PRC
October 2004	Official visit of Li Zhaoxing, Minister of Foreign Affairs of PRC
September 2003	Visit of Luo Gan, Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee
April 1996	Official visit of Qian Qichen, Vice-Premier of the State Council of China, Minister of Foreign Affairs

Signed documents

Agreements

Trade-economic agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of People's Republic of China, 09.01.1992, Yerevan.
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of People's Republic of China on reciprocal promotion and protection of investments, 04.07.1992, Beijing.
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the People's Republic of China on cooperation in the fields of culture, education, sports, health and tourism, 04.07.1992, Beijing.
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the People's Republic of China on scientific-technical cooperation, 04.07.1992, Beijing.
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on state credit for delivery commodities from China to Armenia, 04.07.1992, Beijing.
Agreement between the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China on cooperation in the fields of health and medical science, 26.08.1993, Yerevan.
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the People's Republic of China relating to civil aviation, 05.05.1996, Beijing.
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income and on capital, 05.05.1996, Beijing.
Agreement on banking cooperation between the Central bank of the Republic of Armenia and the National Bank of China，05.1996, Beijing.
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on military industrial and technological cooperation，05.1997, Beijing.
Agreement between the Department of standardization, metrology and certification under the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the State Bureau of quality and technical control of the People’s Republic of China on cooperation in the field of standardization, metrology and certification,15.05.1998, Geneva.
Agreement between the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of Agriculture of the People’s Republic of China on cooperation in the field of agriculture，04.1999, Beijing.
Agreement between the General Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Armenia and the Supreme National Prosecutor's Office of the People’s Republic of China on cooperation, 09.09.1999, Beijing.
Agreement between the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China on cooperation in the field of education, 10.12.2000, Beijing.
Agreement on cooperation between the Ministry of Culture, Youth Affairs and Sports of the Republic of Armenia and the General Administration of Sports of the People’s Republic of China, 17.10.2002, Beijing.
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on technical-economic cooperation, 27.09.2004, Beijing.
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on mutual allocation of buildings and territory for placement of the Embassies of two countries, 13.06.2005, Beijing.
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on technical-economic cooperation, 26.09.2005, Beijing.
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on technical-economic cooperation, 28.12.2007, Yerevan.
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on technical-economic cooperation, 24.06.2009, Yerevan.
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on technical-economic cooperation, 11.09.2009, Beijing.
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on technical-economic cooperation, 02.06.2010, Yerevan.
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on technical-economic cooperation, 12.04.2011, Yerevan.
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on technical-economic cooperation, 10.09.2013, Dalian.
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on trade and economic cooperation, 10.09.2013, Dalian.
Agreement between the Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia and the People’s Bank of China on the cooperation in banking sphere, 27.03.2014, Beijing.
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on technical-economic cooperation, 23.12.2014, Yerevan.
Agreement on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters between the Republic of Armenia and the People’s Republic of China, 25.03.2015, Beijing.
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on technical-economic cooperation, 25.03.2015, Beijing.
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on the People’s Republic of China’s Preferential Loan to the Republic of Armenia, 25.03.2015, Beijing.
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on cooperation and mutual aid in customs affairs, 25.03.2015, Beijing.
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on Mutual Recognition of Documents on Education and Scientific Degrees, 25.03.2015, Beijing.
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on Tourism Cooperation, 25.03.2015, Beijing.
Agreement between the Police of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of Public Security of the People’s Republic of China on Cooperation in Crime Prevention and Investigation, 25.03.2015, Beijing.
Agreement between the Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia and the People’s Bank of the People’s Republic of China on the Armenian Dram/Chinese Yuan bilateral Currency Swap settings, 25.03.2015, Beijing.
Loan Agreement “The Project on Modernization of Customs Clearance Technologies and Equipment” between the Ministry of Finance, on behalf of the RA Government, as a borrower, and Export-Import Bank of China, as a creditor, 25.03.2015, Beijing.
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on technical-economic cooperation, 06.06.2016, Yerevan.
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on technical-economic cooperation, 12.05.2017, Yerevan.
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China concerning air services, 15.09.2018, Guangzhou.
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the People's Republic of China on the mutual abolition of visa requirements for holders of ordinary passports, 26.05.2019, Yerevan.
Handover Agreement between the Republic of Armenia and the People's Republic of China, 26.05.2019, Yerevan.
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on technical-economic cooperation, 15.11.2021, Yerevan.

Protocols

Protocol between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China on consultations, 04.07.1992, Beijing.
Protocol on cooperation in the field of conversion between the Ministry of Trade and Industry of the Republic of Armenia and Committee of defense science, technology and industry of the People’s Republic of China, 21.10.1997.
Protocol between the Republic of Armenia and the People’s Republic of China on the exchange of Consular Convention documents, 29.10.1997.
Protocol between the Lori Region of the Republic of Armenia and Shanxi Province of the People’s Republic of China on trade and economic cooperation, 14.11.2011.
Protocol between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China on consultations, 25.07.2013.
Protocol between the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Armenia and the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China on the food safety of honey exported from Armenia to China, field of veterinary medicine and plant protection, 26.05.2019, Yerevan.

Memorandums

Memorandum on visit of the trade-economic governmental delegation of Jiangsu province of China to the Republic of Armenia, 02.09.1998.
Memorandum of understanding between the Department of emergency situations under the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Department of Earthquake protection of the People’s Republic of China on cooperation in the field of seismic protection, 27.09.2004, Beijing.
Memorandum of understanding on Cooperation between the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Armenia and the General Administration of press and publication of the People's Republic of China, 12.04.2011, Yerevan.
Memorandum on Cooperation between Impulse Media House of Armenia and China Radio International, 12.04.2011, Yerevan.
Memorandum on cooperation between Yerevan and Beijing municipalities, 29.07.2011.
Memorandum on establishment of friendly relations between Lori region of the Republic of Armenia and Shanxi region of the People’s Republic of China, 14.11.2011.
Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between the Diplomatic school of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia and the Foreign Affairs University of the People’s Republic of China, 25.07.2013.
Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of Civil Administration of the People’s Republic of China on cooperation in the field of disaster reduction and disaster relief, 10.09.2013.
Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia and the National Tourism Administration of the People’s Republic of China on the Facilitation of Group Travel by Chinese Tourists to the Republic of Armenia, 26.08.2014.
Memorandum of Mutual Understanding on Cooperation in Nuclear Energy Projects between the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources of the Republic of Armenia and the National Energy Administration of China, 25.03.2015, Beijing.
Memorandum on Promotion of Cooperation in the Building of the Silk Road Economic Belt within the Framework of the Armenian-Chinese Joint Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation between the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China, 25.03.2015, Beijing.
Memorandum on Cooperation between the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China, 06.06.2016, Yerevan.
Memorandum on the establishment of friendly relations between the city of Kapan of the Republic of Armenia and the city of Ningbo of the People's Republic of China, 14.06.2016, Ningbo.

Other

Joint communiqué on establishment diplomatic relations between the Republic of Armenia and the People’s Republic of China – April 6^th, 1992, Yerevan.
Consular convention between the Republic of Armenia and the People’s Republic of China – December 26^th, 1993, Yerevan.
Program between the Ministry of culture, youth affairs and sports of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of culture of the People’s Republic of China on cooperation in the field of culture in 1997-1998 – May 5^th, 1996, Beijing.
Joint communiqué between the Republic of Armenia and the People’s Republic of China on principles of friendly relations – May 5, 1996, Beijing.
Program between the Ministry of culture, youth affairs and sports of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of culture of the People’s Republic of China on cooperation in the field of culture in 1999-2000 – September 20^th, 1998, Yerevan.
Program between the Ministry of culture, youth affairs and sports of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of culture of the People’s Republic of China on cooperation in the field of culture in 2003-2004 – April 30^th, 2002, Yerevan.
Joint statement between the Republic of Armenia and the People’s Republic of China – September 25^th, 2004, Beijing.
Program between the Ministry of culture, youth affairs and sports of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of culture of the People’s Republic of China on cooperation in the field of culture in 2005-2007 - September 27^th, 2004, Beijing.
Program of Cooperation between the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Armenia and the Supreme People’s Procuratorate of the People’s Republic of China for 2012-2013, June 11^th, 2012.
Joint Declaration on Friendly Cooperation and Further Development and Enhancement of Relations between the Republic of Armenia and the People's Republic of China, March 25^th, 2015, Beijing.
Program between the Ministry of culture, youth affairs and sports of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of culture of the People’s Republic of China on cooperation in the field of culture in 2017-2019, June 10^th, 2016, Yerevan.

Trade and economic relations

Bilateral trade volumes between Armenia and China (million US dollars)

	Exports	Imports (by country of origin)	Imports (by country of consignment)
2018	107222.4	663586.7	382820.6
2019	193709.7	751428.7	463302.8
2020	289825.9	674176.1	437285.1
2021	393183.1	551819.7	867617.4
2022	329806.9	637045.2	1241410.3

Main exported goods:

Minerals

Main imported goods:

Clothes, shoes, machinery, chemicals, equipments, construction materials, food etc.

Updated on 07.02.2023

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