Chronologies
China - Korea
Chronology from May 2024 to Dec 2024
: Chinese and Russian military aircraft enters South Korea’s air defense identification zone. Nov. 29, 2024: The ROK Embassy in China announces a Dec. 10 farewell ceremony for Ambassador Chung Jae-ho.
: PRC and ROK trade officials meet in Seoul.
: PRC and ROK culture ministers meet in Shanghai.
: China’s foreign ministry announces extension of visa-free travel for South Koreans from 15 to 30 days.
: China and South Korea participate in the ASEAN Defense Ministers’ Meeting-Plus in Vientiane.
: PRC Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong, Deputy Minister for Political Affairs of the ROK Foreign Ministry Chung Byung-won, Senior Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Funakoshi Takehiro, and Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat Secretary-General Lee Hee-sup hold the China-ROK-Japan senior officials’ meeting in Tokyo. The three foreign ministry representatives collectively meet Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi.
: China, Japan, and South Korea open the Seminar Commemorating the 25th Anniversary of Trilateral Cooperation in Changchun.
: Xi Jinping and Kim Jong Un exchange messages marking the 75th anniversary of China-DPRK diplomatic ties.
: A Chinese foreign ministry delegation for the 2024 China-ROK Future-Oriented Exchange Program meets Deputy Minister for Political Affairs Chung Byung-won at the ROK Foreign Ministry.
: Xi Jinping sends a message to Kim Jong Un for the 76th anniversary of the DPRK’s founding.
: PRC Vice Foreign Minister Chen Xiaodong meets a South Korean youth delegation visiting China led by Korea Foundation Executive Vice President Lee Jong-kook.
: ROK Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Chung Byung-won meets Gansu Province’s Deputy Party Secretary Shi Moujun in Seoul.
: PRC and ROK foreign ministries hold director general-level economic talks in Beijing.
: Foreign Ministers Wang Yi and Cho Tae-yul meet in Laos on the sidelines of ASEAN forums.
: Tenth China-ROK Vice Foreign Ministerial Strategic Dialogue is held in Seoul.
: Beijing and Pyongyang commemorate the 63rd anniversary of the signing of the China-DPRK Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance.
: The first China-ROK talks on export controls are held in Beijing.
: PRC Foreign Minister Wang Yi and former ROK Prime Minister Lee Hae-chan meet in Beijing.
: Jiangsu party secretary Xin Changxing visits South Korea.
: PRC, ROK, and Japanese education ministers hold trilateral talks in Seoul.
: Ninth China-ROK-Japan trilateral summit is held in Seoul.
: Director General of the PRC Foreign Ministry Department of Asian Affairs Liu Jinsong meets Minister of the ROK Embassy in China Kim Hankyu.
: PRC Embassy in Seoul condemns a lawmaker of South Korea’s ruling People Power Party for attending Taiwan President Lai Ching-te’s inauguration.
: PRC and ROK police chiefs hold talks in Beijing.
: China’s NDRC chairman Zheng Shangjie and ROK Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok virtually hold the 18th China-ROK Meeting on Economic Cooperation.
: South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission, AliExpress, and Temu chiefs sign consumer safety agreements in Seoul.
: PRC and ROK nuclear envoys meet on the sidelines of the Northeast Asia Cooperation Dialogue in Tokyo.
: PRC Vice Finance Minister Liao Min, ROK Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok, and Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki meet on the sidelines of the 27th ASEAN+3 Finance Ministers’ and Central Bank Governor’s Meeting in Tbilisi, Georgia.