Ⅰ.POLITICAL RELATIONS

On Jan. 24, 1992, Israeli Vice Premier and Foreign Minister Levy visited China and signed a communique together with Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qian Qichen and the two countries officially established diplomatic relations at ambassadorial level. In August 1994, Israel set up a consulate-general in Shanghai. Visits between the two countries after the establishment of diplomatic relations increased gradually. From the Chinese side, many high-level officials visited Israel. They were State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qian Qichen (twice, the second time as Vice Premier and Foreign Minister), Vice Premier Zou Jiahua, Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Wu Yi, State Councilor and Minister of National Science and Technology Commission Song Jian, Vice Premier Li Lanqing, Ministerr of National Planning Commission Chen Jinhua, Member of the Central Political Bureau of Communist Party of China (CPC) and Member of the Secretariat of the Central Political Bureau of CPC Wen Jiabao, Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission, State Councilor and Defence Minister Chi Haotian, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Peng Peiyun, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Li Peng and President Jiang Zemin.

From the Israeli side, there were President HERZOG, Foreign Minister PERES, Prime Minister RABIN, Speaker of Knesset DAN TICHON (attending the 96th Inter-parliamentary Conference) ,Vice Prime Minister and Foreign Minister LEVY, Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture and Environment EITAN, Prime Minister NETANYAHU, Minister of Defense MORDECHAI, President WEIZMAN, etc..


II. ECONOMIC AND TRADE RELATIONS & ECONOMIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL COOPERATION

In October 1992, Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Shi Guangsheng visited Israel and signed a trade agreement between the two governments. Afterwards, the two sides also signed agreements on avoiding double taxation and investment protection, etc..

The total trade volume between the two countries in 2000 amounted to $1,050 million, of which China exported $720 million and imported $330 million.

The trade volume between the two countries in 2001 was US$1,310,000,000, of which the Chinese export was US$830,000,000, and import US$480,000,000.


Ⅲ. AGRICULTURAL EXCHANGES

In 1993, China and Israel signed a Memorandum of Understanding between the two countries' Ministry of Agriculture, and successively built a Sino-Israeli Agricultural Training Center in Beijing Agriculture Engineering University and a Sino-Israeli Model Farm in the suburb of Beijing.


Ⅳ.CULTURAL, TOURIST AND PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE CONTACTS

In May 1993, the two countries signed an agreement on cultural exchanges. And in November 1998, the implementation plan of Sino-Israeli cultural exchanges from1999 to2001 was signed. From 1993, the two governments started to exchange 5 students in each direction every year.

In March 1992, the two countries' civil aviation administrations signed a memorandum of understanding and agreed for Israeli airlines to operate chartered planes from Tel Aviv directly to Beijing. In October 1993,the two sides signed a civil aviation agreement. In June 1994, agreement on tourist cooperation was signed between the two countries.


Ⅴ.IMPORTANT BILATERAL AGREEMENTS AND DOCUMENTS

JOINT COMMUNIQUE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPULIC OF CHINA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL ON ESTABLISHMENT OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS (January 1992)

AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT AND THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT ON THE RECIPROCAL SETTING UP OF CONSULATE-GENERALS
(October 1993)

FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT AND THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT IN THE FIELDS OF INDUSTRIAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (April 2000)

AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION OF PRC AND THE ISRAELI MINISTRY OF EDUCATION ON EDUCATIONAL COOPERATION (April 2000)