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| Sunday,July 13,2008 Posted: 20:15 BJT(15 GMT) | | From:驻匈经商处 Article type:Original |
I. Review of the Bilateral Political Relations
1949
October 4
Hungary announced recognition of the People's Republic of China
October 6
Two countries established diplomatic relations.
After the establishment of diplomatic relations, there witnessed a comprehensive development in the friendly relations between the two countries, frequent mutual visits by their leaders and other exchanges in different forms, constant expansion of cooperation in all areas, and the further deepening of friendship between the two peoples.
The two countries supported each other in close cooperation in international affairs. Hungary actively supported China in its war to resist U. S. aggression and aid Korea, in its struggle for the reunification of the motherland and restoration of its lawful seat in the United Nations, and on the question of Tibet.
1956
Vice Chairman Zhu De visited Hungary
1957
January
Premier Zhou Enlai visited Hungary
1957
September
Hungarian Prime Minister Kardar Janos visited China, and the two sides issued a joint statement.
1959
March
Vice Chairman Zhu De visited Hungary
April
Hungarian Prime Minister Munnich, who was also a member of the Political Bureau of the Hungarian Socialist Labor Party, led the Hungarian Party and Government Delegation to China, and formally signed with Premier Zhou Enlai the treaty of friendship and cooperation between the two countries.
September
Hungarian President Dobi of the Presidium of the People's Republic of Hungary led a party and government delegation to visit China.
December
Comrade Tan Zhenlin, a member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), attended the 7th National Congress of the Hungarian Socialist Labor Party.
1960-1966
The relations between the two countries grew cold with increasing frictions; nevertheless, the normal state-to-state relations were basically maintained.
1966-1969
The ideological differences between the two Parties increased, and with the outbreak of the Cultural Revolution in China, the bilateral relations deteriorated.
1970-1979
The two countries maintained normal state relations, but contacts between the two Parties broke off.
1980-1989
Through joint efforts the relations between the two countries and the two Parties gradually normalized, with the level of mutual visits raised and the area of cooperation expanded.
1984
June
The state councilor and minister of foreign economic relations and trade Ms.Chen Mu-hua visited Hungary.
The visit, which was of the highest level for the past twenty years, led to a break through in the relations between the two Parties and served as an impetus to the bilateral economic and trade relations and the economic and technological cooperation.
August
Hungarian Deputy Prime Minister Marjai visited China
1985
May
Vice Premier Li Peng paid an official visit to Hungary, and the two sides signed the long-term trade agreement for the period from 1986 to 1990.
1986
June
State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wu Xueqian paid an official visit to Hungary.
August
The Hungarian deputy prime minister and director of the state planning bureau Faluvegi visited China.
September
Vice Chairman Liao Hansheng of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) of China led the NPC delegation to visit Hungary.
1987
January
Havasi Ferenc, a member of the Political Bureau and member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Hungarian Socialist Labor Party (HSLP), paid a goodwill visit to China at the invitation of the CPC Central Committee.
June
At the invitation of General Secretary Kadar Janos of the HSLP Central Committee and Prime Minister Lazar Gyorgy, Premier Zhao Ziyang, the acting general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, paid an official goodwill visit to Hungary.
October
General Secretary Kardar paid an official goodwill visit to China.
1988
October
Mr. Qiao Shi, a member of Standing Committee of the Political Bureau and member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, visited Hungary, and Chairman Istvan of the Hungarian National Congress led a congressional delegation to visit China.
December
Hungarian Foreign Minister paid an official visit to China at the invitation of Chinese Foreign Minister Qian Qichen.
1991
March
Foreign Minister Mr. Qian Qichen visited Hungary
After the drastic changes took place in Hungary in 1989, the bilateral exchanges decreased until March 1991, when Foreign Minister Qian Qichen visited Hungary, and the relations were moving gradually toward normalization. Foreign Minister Qian's visit was the first one by a Chinese foreign minister after the drastic changes occurred in Hungary, and had important significance for the development of Sino-Hungarian relations. During the visit, the two sides reached consensus that the bilateral relations should be established and developed on the basis of the five principles of peaceful co-existence transcending differences in social system.
September
The vice chairman of the Hungarian National Congress led a Congressional delegation to China.
1992
April
Hungarian Foreign Minister Jeszenszky visited China, and the two Governments signed a new agreement on mutual exemption of visas.
May
NPC Standing Committee Vice Chairwoman Chen Muhua paid a goodwill visit to Hungary
1993
September
Vice Premier Zou Jia Hua visited Hungary, and the two sides signed the government agreement on air transport.
October
Hungarian Congress Chairman Szabad paid an official goodwill visit to China
1994
September
Hungarian President Goncz Arpad paid a state visit to China at the invitation of Chinese President Jiang Zemin.
October
The vice chairman of the CPPCC National Committee Wan Guoquan led a delegation to visit Hungary. September 1994
1995
July
PRC President Jiang Zemin paid a state visit to Hungary
At the invitation of Hungarian President Goncz Arpad, PRC President Jiang Zemin paid a state visit to Hungary, which was the first presidential visit to Hungary by China since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
During the visit, Vice Premier and Foreign Minister Qian Qi-chen and Hungarian Foreign Minister Kowach signed the agreement on mutual assistance and cooperation between the customs of the two countries.
October
NPC Standing Committee Vice Chairman Li Peiyao visited Hungary, and Hungarian Justice Minister visited China and signed with his Chinese counterpart the agreement on civil and commercial judicial assistance.
1996
May
Vice Premier Li Lan-qing visited Hungary.
December
Hungarian Foreign Minister Kowach visited China, and the two sides signed the protocol on cooperation between the two foreign ministries.
1997
May
Hungarian Congress Chairman Zoltan visited China
1999
June
The minister of the Prime Minister's Office of Hungary Istvan paid a goodwill visit to China at the invitation of Wang Zhong-yu, state councilor and secretary general of the State Council.
September 30
The Chinese ambassador to Hungary Chen Guoyan hosted a reception to mark the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. President Goncz and six ministers attended the reception, an unprecedented attendance by Hungarian officials in recent years with regard to the national day receptions by the diplomatic missions in Hungary.
October 6
Witnessed the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Hungary. To mark the occasion, the two countries hosted a series of celebration activities. Chinese President Jiang Zemin and Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan exchanged congratulatory messages with President Goncz and Foreign Minister Martonyi respectively. The foreign minister of each country attended the banquet to mark the occasion given by the ambassador of the other. The Friendship Associations of the two countries hosted receptions. And the China National Philatelic Corporation published commemorative envelopes.
November
Hungarian Foreign Minister Martonyi paid an official visit to China
2000
June
NPC Standing Committee Vice Chairman Buhe visited Hungary
December
Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan paid an official visit to Hungary, and signed with Foreign Minister Martonyi the joint statement of the two Governments.
2002
June
Huang Ju, Member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the CPC visited Hungary.
Solt, President of the Supreme Court of Hungary visited China.
II. Bilateral Economic and Trade Relations and Economic and Technological Cooperation
1950-1990
Two Governments conducted their trade by keeping accounts under government agreements.
1984
The Sino-Hungarian Committee of Economic and Trade, and Scientific and Technological Cooperation were established.
1991
Two countries replaced this clearing- agreements trade with trade by payments in convertible foreign exchanges.
May
Minister of foreign trade and economy cooperation Li Lanqing led a government trade and economic delegation to Hungary and signed the agreement on investment protection between the two countries.
1992
May
The China Trade Center in Budapest was open for business
June
The government agreement on avoidance of double taxation and prevention of tax evasion was signed in Beijing.
1997
China and Hungary signed the bilateral market access agreement with respect to China's entry into the WTO.
March
The ninth meeting of the Sino-Hungarian Committee of Economic and Trade, and Scientific and Technological Cooperation was held in Budapest.
July
The chairman of the Hungarian Economic Cabinet and minister of finance visited China at the invitation of Vice Premier Li Lanqing.
October
The representative office of the Bank of China in Budapest was open for business.
1998
September
The Hungarian Airlines opened the Budapest-Beijing air route.
November
The chairman of the Hungarian Economic Cabinet and minister of economy visited China on invitation.
1999
May
The governor of the Hungarian National Bank Gyorgy visited China.
October
The 10th Meeting of the Sino-Hungarian Committee of Economic and Trade, and Scientific and Technological Cooperation was held in Beijing.
2000
November
The assistant minister of foreign trade and economic cooperation He Xiaowei led an economic and trade delegation to visit Hungary.
2002
March
A Chinese delegation headed by Zhou Keren, Vice Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, went to Hungary to participate in the 11th meeting of the China-Hungary Economic and Trade, Scientific and Technological Cooperation Commission.
2003
February
President of China People’s Bank Liu Mingkang visited Hungary.
Bank of China (Hungary) officially launched its operation in Budapest.
2004
January
Wang Chunzheng General Director of National Development and Reform Commission of China visited Hungary.
Huszty Andras, Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Hungary-China Economic Relation visited China.
February
Csillag Istvan, Minister of Economy and Transport of Hungary visited China.
April
Hajdu Andras, Political State Secretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary visited China and attended the 12th Session of the Sino-Hungarian Committee of Economic and Trade Cooperation.
June
President Hu Jingtao paid an official visit to Hungary and met Hungarian entrepreneurs on a forum.
Chinese Hisense Group launched its assembly line of TV in Hungary.
August
Chinese Hainan Airlines launched its direct flight line between Beijing and Budapest.
Political State Secretary of Ministry of Economy and Transport of Hungary visited China.
September
Hungarian Consulate General in Shanghai reopened.
October
Wang Xudong, Minister of Information Industry of China visited Hungary.
November
Huszty Andras, Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Hungary-China Economic Relation visited China.
2005
June
“China Engineering and Technology Exhibition” was held in Budapest.
September
The 13th Session of the Sino-Hungarian Joint Committee of Economic Cooperation was held in Budapest.
October
Hungarian Information and Technology Center was established in Shenzhen China.
Hungarian Government and Shanghai World Expo Coordination Bureau signed MOU on Hungary’s participation of 2010 Shanghai World Expo.
November
Huszty Andras, Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Hungary-China Economic Relation visited China.
2006
June
Ma Xiuhong, Vice Minister of Commerce of China visited Hungary.
September
Zeng Peiyan, Chinese Vice Premier visited Hungary and met Hungarian entrepreneurs on a breakfast.
December
The 14th Session of the Sino-Hungarian Joint Committee of Economic Cooperation was held in Beijing China.
2007
May
Wu Bangguo, Chairman of National People's Congress of China visited Hungary at the invitation of Hungarian House Speaker Szili Katalin and met Hungarian entrepreneurs.
September
Hungarian Prime Minister GYURCSANY Ferenc visited China and opened Hungarian Economic and Cultural Season in China.
November
Ministry of Commerce of China organized “Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe Fair” in Beijing. 24 Hungarian exhibitors took part in the Fair.
2008
May
Jia Qinglin, Chairman of National People's Political Consultative Conference visited Hungary and met Hungarian entrepreneurs on a breakfast.
June
Szili Katalin, Hungarian House Speaker visited China and closed Hungarian Economic and Cultural Season in China.
III. Bilateral Exchanges and Cooperation in the Fields of Culture, Science and Technology and Education
1950
July
China and Hungary decided to exchange language students.
1951
July
The agreement on cultural cooperation between the two countries was signed in Beijing. Later, the two countries signed in succession the agreements on exchange of films, exchange of news materials, mutual purchase of films, import and export of stamps, radio cooperation, and etc.
In the 1950s, the two sides had frequent exchange of delegations in culture, literature and arts and sports. The two sides often held exhibitions of paintings, arts and crafts shows, lectures, and activities to commemorate well-known historical figures, and engaged in language research and translation of books and magazines.
After the 1956 Incident, the exchanges between the two countries further increased. From 1960 to 1966, the cultural exchanges declined, but the exchange of group visits maintained the momentum to a certain degree and the cultural exchanges were normal on the whole. From 1967, the cultural exchanges between the two countries stopped for several years, and gradually resumed in the 1970s, during which there was no exchange of students.
1982
August
The two countries resumed the exchange of language students.
1987
November
The Chinese government cultural delegation headed by Cultural Minister Wang Meng paid a visit to Hungary.
1989
May
Health Minister Chen Bingzhang visited Hungary. During the visit, Minister Chen Bingzhang and Hungarian Public Health Minister Csehak signed the 1989-1990 implementation program of health and medical science cooperation between the two ministries.
October
The first Chinese Culture Week was held in Hungary in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
1990
November
The Hungarian government cultural delegation headed by the deputy secretary of state of the Ministry of Culture and Education paid a visit to China.
1991
January
At the invitation of the State Sports Bureau of Hungary, the delegation of the State Physical Culture and Sports Commission of China visited Hungary, and the two sides signed the 1991 sports exchange protocol.
July
The Hungarian Ministry of Culture and Education awarded the medal of For Hungarian Culture to the Chinese translator Xing Wansheng who translated Petofi's works of poems.
September
The Chinese assistant minister of culture Gao Yunjia and the secretary of state of the Hungarian Ministry of Culture and Education Biszterszky signed in Budapest the 1991-1992 Program of Science, Education and Culture of the two Governments.
1992
January
The Exhibition of Chinese Arts and Crafts and Photography was held in Szekesfehervar, Hungary. August
The exhibition of Chinese cultural relics of pottery wares in replicas was held in Esztergom, Hungary.
1993
May
The secretary of state of the Hungarian Ministry of Culture and Education Biszterszky visited China, and together with Chinese Vice Cultural Minister Liu Deyou, signed the 1993-1994 cultural cooperation program between the two ministries.
1994
February
Liu Ji, the vice minister of the State Physical Culture and Sports Commission of China, led a delegation to Hungary, and the two sides signed the agreement on sports exchanges for 1994.
April
Galov, the secretary of state of the State Sports Bureau of Hungary, visited China.
1995
February
The minister in charge of the State Physical Culture and Sports Commission Wu Shaozu and the director of the State Sports Bureau of Hungary Gallov signed in Budapest the agreement on sports cooperation.
June
The vice minister of the State Education Commission of China Wang Mingda and a leading member of the Hungarian Ministry of Culture and Education signed in Budapest the 1995
1996
October
The secretary of state for administrative affairs of the Hungarian Ministry of Culture and Education Maria visited China.
1997
November
Hungarian Minister Balinth of Culture and Education led a delegation to China on a working visit, and the two sides signed the agreement on mutual recognition of record of schooling and certificates of degree.
1999
January
The secretary of state for political affairs of the Hungarian Ministry of National Cultural Heritage visited China.
September
Hungarian Minister Hamori of National Cultural Heritage paid an official visit to China, and during the visit he conferred, on behalf of President Gancz, the Federation Cross on Xing Wanshing, Chinese translator of Petofi's works.
October
The Chinese government cultural delegation led by Assistant Cultural Minister Zhang Hualin paid an official friendly visit to Hungary.
2000
May
The deputy director of the State General Administration of Sport Yu Zaiqing led a delegation to visit Hungary.
June
The secretary of state for political affairs of the Hungarian Education Ministry led a delegation to visit China, and signed with the Chinese Education Ministry the 2000-2003 execution program of educational cooperation between the two countries.
2001
China had 2 Chinese language experts and 12 students lecturing or studying in Hungary, and Hungary had 1 Hungarian language teacher and 20 students lecturing or studying in China.
1950
August
Wu Youxun and Hua Luogeng attended the mathematics conference in Hungary on invitation. November
The president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Guo Moruo led a delegation to attend the 125th anniversary of the founding of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
1953
The Hungarian Academy of Sciences elected Guo Moruo as its honorary academician.
July
The agreement on cooperation in post and telecommunication between the two countries was signed.
October
The Sino-Hungarian agreement on scientific and technological cooperation was signed in Beijing.
1954
The first meeting of the Sino-Hungarian Scientific and Technological Cooperation Committee was held in Beijing.
December
The two sides signed the agreement on the prevention of plant diseases and insect pests.
1957
March
China provided a free aid of equipment and materials for Hungary to restore meteorological institutes.
1958
The agreement on scientific cooperation between China and Hungary was signed in Beijing.
In the early stages of the scientific cooperation, the main activities were the exchange of information, and after the ninth meeting on science and technology cooperation held in May 1965, items of investigation were added.
1971
The two countries agreed to resume scientific and technological cooperation.
1972
The Sino-Hungarian Scientific and Technological Cooperation Committee resumed its meetings, which were held every year on rotation. From that time on, the cooperation programs were carried out smoothly on the whole.
1985
November
The president of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Sztrab visited China and signed the execution plan of cooperation between the academies of the two countries for the period from 1986 to 1987.
1986
January
The president of the China Association for Science and Technology Zhou Peiyuan visited Hungary, and signed the agreement on cooperation between the two science and technology associations for the period from 1986 to 1990.
1987
The vice president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Teng Teng visited Hungary, and signed the 1988-1990 plans for executing the agreement on cooperation between the two academies of sciences.
After 1989, the bilateral cooperation in science and technology was affected to a certain degree by the drastic changes in Hungary.
1993
September
China held an exhibition to display the Chinese science and technology reports in Budapest to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the signing of the agreement on cooperation in science and technology between the two countries.
1996
August
The 31st meeting of the Sino-Hungarian Scientific and Technological Cooperation Committee was held in Beijing. In September, the vice minister of the State Science and Technology Commission Deng Nan visited Hungary.
1997
November
The chairman of the Hungarian National Technology Development Commission visited China and attended the seminar on the science and technology policies of the two countries.
1998
March
Ming Tinghua, deputy director of the Patent Office of China and vice president of the Chinese Inventor's Association, visited Hungary to attend the International Symposium on Inventors and Information Technology, as well as the Inventor's Olympic Contest and the 98 Exhibition of International Inventions by Talents.
1999
June
Lu Yongxiang, president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, led the Chinese delegation to attend the World Science Conference in Budapest.
2000
May
The deputy director of the National Bureau of Statistics Lu Chunheng visited Hungary. In June, the deputy director of the State Intellectual Property Office Wu Boming visited Hungary at the invitation of the Hungarian Patent Bureau.
September
The president of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences visited China.
2002
China has two experts of the Chinese language teaching and 12 students studying in Hungary. Hungary has a teacher of the Hungarian language working and 15 students studying in China.
June
The two countries signed the Agreement on Cooperation in Science and Technology between China and Hungary.
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