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Embassy of Belgium in China

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters as well as those of several other major international organisations such as NATO. Belgium covers an area of 30,528 square kilometres (11,787 sq mi), and it has a population of about 11 million people. ....... Read More

Embassy

Address	No. 6, San Li Tun Lu, Chaoyang District, Beijing
Postal Code:	100600
Tel: ( ? )	(+86) 10 6532 1736, 6532 1737
Fax:	(+86) 10 6532 5097
Email:	beijing@diplobel.fed.be
Website:	Website

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Consulates

Belgium has consulates in the following cities

Hong Kong
Macau
Shanghai
Guangzhou

Address:	St John's Building 9/F 33 Garden Road Central, Hong Kong
Tel:	(+852) 2524 3111
Fax:	(+852) 2868 5997
Email:	hongkong@diplobel.fed.be
Website:	Website

Address:	St John's Building 9/F 33 Garden Road Central, Hong Kong
Tel:	(+852) 2524 3111
Fax:	(+852) 2868 5997
Email:	hongkong@diplobel.fed.be
Website:	Website

Address:	No.127 Wu Yi Road, Shanghai Airlines
Postal Code:	200050
Tel:	(+86) 21 6437 6579
Fax:	(+86) 21 6437 7041
Consular Regions::	Shanghai Municipality, Zhejiang Province, Jiangsu Province, Anhui Province
Email:	shanghai@diplobel.org

Address:	Room 1601-02A, Citic Plaza, No.233 Tianhe Beilu, Guangzhou
Postal Code:	510613
Tel:	(+86) 20 3877 2356, 3877 2351
Fax:	(+86) 20 3877 2353
Consular Regions::	Guangdong Province, Fujian Province, Hainan Province, Yunnan Province, Guangxi Autonomous Region

Belgium-China Relations

Belgium–People's Republic of China relations began in the early 1970s about 20 years after mainland China came under communist rule.

History

Diplomatic relations between the People's Republic of China and the Belgium were established on 25 October 1971. The diplomatic relationship began to improve and grow during the 1980s with visits from high ranking governments from both sides such as Zhu Rongji in April 1991 and Vice-premier Qian Qichen in March 1992. From the Belgium side, Crown prince Albert has visited China in May 1993 and the king of Belgium, Crown prince Philippe visited in November 1996 and May 2000. The former prime ministers Jean-Luc Dehaene visited China in November 1998 and Prime minister Guy Verhofstadt visited in March 2002.

The bilateral relationship has increased with economic trade between the two countries. Belgium has a pavilion in the Shanghai Expo 2010

Bilateral relations

China's Vice Premier Xi Jinping has been to Belgium in October 2009 to enhance bilateral cooperation in terms of trade, human and cultural exchanges.

The trade between the two countries in 2002 came to a value of US$ 4.898 billion. China is Belgium's sixth biggest trading partner which makes up 4.1% of Belgium's trade. The trade between the two countries in 2008 exceeded 20 billion and growing on average 20% every year