Basic facts:Sino-Bulgaria Bilateral Relations

I.Bilateral Political Relations

The diplomatic relations betweenChinaandBulgariawere established onOct 4, 1949. In 1950s, the relations of the two countries went on well. In 1960s, the bilateral contacts were on the decrease. Ever since 1980, the bilateral relations have seen a steady progress whereas the contacts and cooperation in all fields of the two countries have been gradually enhanced. Since the establishment of their diplomatic relations, the main bilateral state visits have been conducted as follows:

1. Major visits toBulgaria:

Vice-Premier DONG BIWU (Sep 1954); member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress PENG ZHEN (Jan 1957); Member of the Political Bureau of the Central committee of the Chinese Communist Party, Vice-President of the State DONG BIWU (May 1958); Member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, Vice-Premier of the State Council and the Secretary of Defense PENG DEHUAI (May 1959);State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Economic Relation & Trade CHEN MUHUA (Jun 1984); Vice-Premier LI PENG (Dec 1985);Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee LIAO HANSHENG (Sep 1986);State Councilor and foreign minister WU XUEQIAN (Mar 1987);Acting General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and Premier ZHAO ZIYANG (Jun 1987);Vice-Chairman of the Chinese People's Consultative Conference WANG ENMAO (Sep 1987);State Councilor and Chairman of the National Science and Technology Committee SONG JIAN (May 1988); Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress PENG PEIYUN (Aug 1998);Permanent Member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and Secretary of the Secretariat QIAO SHI (Nov 1989);State Councilor and Foreign Minister QIAN QICHEN (Mar 1991); Vice-Premier and Foreign Minister QIAN QICHEN (Mar 1991, Apr 1995);Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress LI PEIYAO (Oct 1995);Vice-Premier LI LANQING (Nov 1996);Premier of the State Council ZHU RONGJI (Jun 2000);Chairman of the People's Consultative Conference LI RUIHUAN (May 2002),State Councilor WANG ZHONGYU (Jun 2002); State Councilor WU YI (July 2002).