Trade and economic relations Armenia–China relations

1 trade , economic relations

1.1 trade turnover (mln. dollars)
1.2 industry
1.3 education

1.3.1 confucius institute @ yerevan state linguistic university


1.4 history

trade , economic relations

embassy of armenia in china


trade turnover (mln. dollars)

the data in chart above shows trade volume between armenia , china, although still relatively small in numbers, has grown on last decade , has reached benchmark of us$400 million 2008. there significant slump in trade volume 2009, due repercussions of financial crisis of 2007-08, , hit on 400 million 2 consecutive years in 2010 , 2011.

armenia s main export item ore, while imports china armenia diverse , include clothes, shoes, machinery, chemicals, equipment, construction materials, furniture, food etc.

industry

in may 2010, shanna (shanxi-nairit) synthetic rubber co., ltd. jointly funded shanxi synthetic rubber group co.ltd , armenia s nairit completed , put production. armenia s president attended inauguration of shanxi-nairit joint venture production of chloroprene rubber in datong. shanxi-nairit joint venture created based on agreement signed in 2003 shanxi synthetic rubber company (china) , nairit llc (ra). armenia holds 40 percent of shanxi-nairit’s shares.

education
confucius institute @ yerevan state linguistic university

confucius institute opened @ yerevan state linguistic university in 2008.

history

in chinese, “armenia” pronounced “ya-mei-ni-ya,” hieroglyphs of mean “the beautiful maid of asia.” in armenian sources, legends, , fairy tales, china called country of chenes, chinumachin, or chinastan. relations between armenia , china can traced around ad 1000.

armenians visited china trade , imported silk, porcelain, , other goods china , armenia. in china, there high demand armenian medicine, vegetables, mineral paints, , insects, armenian cochineal, used paint best chinese , indian silks. armenian merchants traded silk, jade, , other goods. various chinese products brought armenia through silk road, including fabrics embroidered silver , gold threads.

archaeological material of chinese porcelain , celadonite discovered during excavations of armenian cities of garni, dvin, ani, , amberd fortress illustrates medieval armenian-chinese economic ties.

movses khorenatsi, anania shirakatsi, stepanos orbelian, , king hethum of armenia wrote china, chinese culture, , chinese people in works.

during time of mongol empire, relations between armenia , china promoted government. because of this, many armenians began settle in china. in 1688 british east india company formed careful agreement permit armenians access chinese trade. armenians made full usage of agreement british , made sure carry out trade in shanghai , macao via sea trade.

on 27 december 1991 china officially recognized republic of armenia independent state. in year after, on april sixth, many central asian countries established diplomatic relations. in july of same year, china established embassy in armenian capital of yerevan. in 1996 armenia established own embassy in beijing.