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Embassy of Greece in China

Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Athens is the nation's capital and largest city, its metropolitan area also including the municipality of Piraeus. Read More

Embassy

Address:	17/Floor, The Place Tower, The Place, No.9 Guang Hua Lu, Chao Yang District
Postal Code:	100020
Tel: ( ? )	(+86) 10 6587 2838
Fax:	(+86) 10 6587 2839
Email:	gremb.pek@mfa.gr
Website:	Website

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Consulates

Greece has consulates in the following cities

Hong Kong
Shanghai
Guangzhou

Address:	Room 1208, 12th Floor, Harcourt House, 39 Gloucester Road, Wan Chai
Tel:	(+852) 27741682
Fax:	(+852) 27059796
Email:	grgencon.cg@mfa.gr / greekcg@biznetvigator.net
Website:	Website

Address:	Room 3501, The Center, No.989 Changle Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai Airlines
Tel:	(+86) 21 5467 0505
Fax:	(+86) 21 5467 0202
Email:	grgencon.sha@mfa.gr greekconsulate@126.com
Consular Areas:	Shanghai , Zhejiang , Jiangsu , Anhui , Shandong , Jiangxi

Address:	Room 2105, 21F, Haihang Tower, No.8 Linhezhong Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou
Postal Code:	510610
Tel:	(+86) 20 8550 1114 / 8550 1124
Fax:	(+86) 20 8550 1450
Email:	grgencgrgencon.guan@mfa.gr
Consular Areas:	Guangdong , Fujian , Hainan and Guangxi

Greece-China Relations

Chinese-Greek relations are the relations between People's Republic of China and Greece. China has an embassy in Athens. Greece has an embassy in Beijing and 3 general consulates in Guangzhou, Hong Kong and since 2005 in Shanghai .

History

Both countries established diplomatic relations on June 6, 1972. The late Prime Minister of Greece Konstantinos Karamanlis visited China in 1979 and was received by China's leader at that time Hua Guofeng. Konstantinos Karamanlis was the first visiting head of Greek government.

Bilateral visits

June 2002 Prime Minister of Greece Costas Simitis visited China

The Prime Minister of Greece Kostas Karamanlis paid a state visit to China from January 19–21, 2006

June 2008, the President of Greece Karolos Papoulias paid a five-day state visit

November 2008, a three-day visit of President of China Hu Jintao to Greece

Chinese Vice-Premier Zhang Dejiang four-day trip to Athens on June 16, 2010

Bilateral treaties

Agreement on cooperation between police forces (Beijing, February 15, 1995).

Cooperation Agreement on combating terrorism and drugs (Beijing, February 15, 1995).

Maritime agreement (October 16, 1995).

Memorandum of cooperation on management of marine resources and mutual scientific and technical cooperation (Athens, October 16, 1995).

Protocol on scientific and technological cooperation (Beijing, November 14, 1995).

Programme of cultural exchanges for the period 1999 2002 (Beijing, September 9, 1999). Extended for a further three years in March 2003.

Protocol on consultations between the foreign ministries of Greece & China (Beijing, Feb 29, 2000).

Protocol of the 8th session of the joint committee on scientific and technological cooperation (Beijing, October 16, 2000).

Agreement on the Cooperation of Forestry between the State Forestry Administration of the PRC and the Ministry of Agriculture of the Hellenic Republicin (2002).

Investment

In 2010 a $123 million contract between Helios Plaza and BCEGI, the Chinese real estate company. Helios is developing a hotel and commercial complex for tourism in Piraeus, Athen's largest port town. Huawei Technologies, a Chinese telecom invested with Hellenic Telecommunications Organization.