Dates of establishment of diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China

Since its founding in 1949, the People's Republic of China (PRC) has had a diplomatic tug-of-war with its rival in Taiwan, the Republic of China (ROC). Throughout the Cold War, both governments claimed to be the sole legitimate government of all China and allowed countries to recognize either one or the other. Until the 1970s, most Western countries in the Western Bloc recognized the ROC while the Eastern Bloc and Third World countries generally recognized the PRC. This gradually shifted and today only Template:Numrec while the PRC is recognized by the United Nations, as well as 181 UN member states (including 18 G20 member statesTemplate:Efn), Cook Islands, Niue and the State of Palestine. Both the ROC and the PRC maintain the requirement of recognizing its view of the One China policy to establish or maintain diplomatic relations.

Countries of the world indicating decade diplomatic relations commenced with the PRC: 1949/1950s Template:Color box (dark red), 1960s Template:Color box (red), 1970s Template:Color box (orange), 1980s Template:Color box (beige), 1990s/2000s Template:Color box (yellow), and 2010s/2020s Template:Color box (green). Countries not recognised by or not recognising the PRC are in grey Template:Color box. The PRC itself is in black Template:Color box.

Recognition of the PRC before it was seated at the UN

1949

The PRC was established on 1 October 1949, when the Chinese Civil War was still underway, and the seat of Government of the Republic of China in Canton was not relocated to Taipei until December 1949. All the countries that recognized the new PRC government in 1949 were communist states.

Country	Date
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	2 October 1949
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	4 October 1949
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	5 October 1949
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	6 October 1949
Template:Flagdeco Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)	6 October 1949
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	6 October 1949
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	7 October 1949
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	16 October 1949
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn (East Germany)	27 October 1949
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	23 November 1949

1950s

Template:FlagTemplate:EfnTemplate:Efn	6 January 1950<ref name="times">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Govt. of India's recognition of the Central People's Govt. of the People's Republic of China and withdrawal of recognition of the Chinese National Govt. New Delhi: China-Japan-Korea Branch, Ministry of External Affairs. 1950. p. 41. Retrieved 31 August 2022 – via National Archives of India. "Reference Pai's telegram No. 22316 dated 1st January. The U.K. High Commissioner has informed us that his Government have decided to recognise the new Government in China on the 6th January."</ref>
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn (North Vietnam)	18 January 1950
Template:Flag	1 April 1950<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Flag	13 April 1950
Template:Flag	9 May 1950
Template:Flag	11 May 1950
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	8 June 1950
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	14 September 1950<ref>Bilateral relations between Switzerland and China (page visited on 19 August 2014).</ref><ref>Template:Dodis.</ref>
Template:Flag	14 September 1950
Template:Flag	28 October 1950
Template:FlagTemplate:EfnTemplate:Efn	21 May 1951<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Flag	5 October 1954
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	2 January 1955
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	20 January 1955
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	1 August 1955
Template:Flag<ref name="Mfacdt"> {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Efn	30 May 1956
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	1 August 1956
Template:FlagTemplate:EfnTemplate:Efn (North Yemen)	24 September 1956
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	7 February 1957
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	19 July 1958
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	25 August 1958
Template:Flag<ref name="Mfacdt"/>	1 November 1958
Template:Flagdeco Republic of AlgeriaTemplate:Efn<ref name="Mfacdt"/>	20 December 1958
Template:Flag<ref name="Mfacdt"/>	4 February 1959
Template:Flag<ref name="Mfacdt"/>	4 October 1959

1960s

Country	Date
Template:Flag<ref name="Mfacdt"/>	5 July 1960
Template:Flag	28 September 1960
Template:Flag<ref name="Mfacdt"/>	25 October 1960
Template:Flagdeco Somali Republic<ref name="Mfacdt"/>Template:Efn	14 December 1960
Template:Flagicon Free Republic of the Congo<ref>"Bilateral Relations between the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Congo (Kin)". </ref>Template:Efn	20 February 1961
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	25 April 1961
Template:Flag<ref name="Mfacdt"/>Template:EfnTemplate:Efn	9 December 1961
Template:Flag<ref name="Mfacdt"/>	18 October 1962
Template:Flag<ref name="Mfacdt"/>Template:Efn	11 December 1963
Template:Flag<ref name="Mfacdt"/>	14 December 1963
Template:FlagTemplate:EfnTemplate:Efn	21 December 1963
Template:Flag<ref name="Mfacdt"/>	10 January 1964
Template:Flag<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	27 January 1964
Template:Flag<ref name="Mfacdt"/>	22 February 1964
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	29 September 1964
Template:Flag<ref name="Mfacdt"/>	29 October 1964
Template:FlagTemplate:EfnTemplate:Efn	12 November 1964
Template:Flag<ref name="Mfacdt"/>	19 July 1965
Template:FlagTemplate:EfnTemplate:Efn (South Yemen)	31 January 1968
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	14 June 1969

1970s

Country	Date
Template:Canada	13 October 1970
Template:Flag<ref name="Mfacdt"/>	15 October 1970
Template:Flag	6 November 1970
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn<ref name="Mfacdt"/>	24 November 1970
Template:Flag	15 December 1970
Template:Flag<ref name="Mfacdt"/>	10 February 1971
Template:Flag	22 March 1971
Template:Flag<ref name="Mfacdt"/>	26 March 1971
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	6 May 1971
Template:Flag	28 May 1971
Template:Flag<ref name="Mfacdt"/>	29 July 1971
Template:Flag	4 August 1971
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	16 August 1971

Recognition of the PRC after it was seated at the UN

The Republic of China, which had occupied China's seat at the United Nations since 1945, was effectively expelled on 25 October 1971, through Resolution 2758 approved in the general assembly of said date. Its seat was taken over by the People's Republic of China from 15 November 1971, and the migration of relations to the PRC soon followed among members of the Western Bloc, except for the United Kingdom, France, Canada, Italy and the Scandinavian Countries which had previously established diplomatic relations.

1970s

Country	Date
Template:Flag	25 October 1971
Template:Flag	2 November 1971
Template:Flag	9 November 1971
Template:Flag<ref name="Mfacdt"/>	12 November 1971
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	7 December 1971
Template:Flag	8 December 1971
Template:Flag	14 December 1971
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	31 January 1972
Template:Flag	14 February 1972
Template:Flag	19 February 1972
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	13 March 1972
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	15 April 1972
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	18 May 1972
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	5 June 1972
Template:Flag	27 June 1972
Template:Flag<ref name="Mfacdt"/>	19 September 1972
Template:Flag	29 September 1972
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn (West Germany)	11 October 1972
Template:Flag	14 October 1972
Template:Flagdeco Malagasy RepublicTemplate:Efn	6 November 1972
Template:Flag	16 November 1972
Template:Flag	21 November 1972
Template:Flag<ref>"Bilateral Relations between the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Congo (Kin)". The Kinshasa-side's state was officially named "Republic of Congo" at the time.</ref>Template:Efn	24 November 1972
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	28 November 1972
Template:Flag	21 December 1972
Template:Flag	22 December 1972
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	9 March 1973
Template:FlagTemplate:EfnTemplate:Efn	15 September 1973
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	15 March 1974
Template:Flag<ref name="Mfacdt"/>	20 April 1974
Template:Flag	31 May 1974
Template:Flag	20 June 1974
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	28 June 1974
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	20 July 1974
Template:Flag	15 August 1974
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	14 December 1974
Template:Flag<ref name="Mfacdt"/>	6 January 1975
Template:Flagicon European Economic CommunityTemplate:Efn	6 May 1975
Template:Flag	9 June 1975
Template:Flag<ref name="Mfacdt"/>Template:Efn	25 June 1975
Template:Flag	1 July 1975
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	12 July 1975
Template:Flag	4 October 1975
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	5 November 1975
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	6 November 1975
Template:Flag<ref name="Mfacdt"/>Template:Efn	13 November 1975
Template:Flag<ref name="Mfacdt"/>	25 April 1976
Template:Flag	28 May 1976
Template:Flag<ref name="Mfacdt"/>	30 June 1976
Template:Flag	12 October 1976
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	17 February 1977
Template:Flag	7 April 1977
Template:Flag	30 May 1977
Template:Flag	25 May 1978
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	9 August 1978
Template:Flag	1 January 1979
Template:Flag<ref name="Mfacdt"/>	8 January 1979
Template:Flag	8 February 1979
Template:Flag	22 June 1979

1980s

Country	Date
Template:Flag	2 January 1980
Template:Flag	7 February 1980
Template:Flag<ref name="Mfacdt"/>	18 April 1980
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	25 June 1980
Template:Flag	26 March 1982
Template:Flag	1 January 1983
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn<ref name="Mfacdt"/>	12 January 1983
Template:Flag<ref name="Mfacdt"/>	2 March 1983
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	30 April 1983
Template:Flag	1 November 1984
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	9 July 1985
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	1 October 1985
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	7 December 1985
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	6 February 1987
Template:Flag	3 February 1988
Template:Flag	9 July 1988
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	20 November 1988
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	18 April 1989
Template:Flag	11 September 1989

1990s

Country	Date
Template:Flag<ref name="Mfacdt"/>	22 March 1990
Template:Flag	21 July 1990
Template:Flag	3 October 1990
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	16 November 1990
Template:Flag<ref> {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} </ref>	11 September 1991
Template:Flag<ref> {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} </ref>	12 September 1991
Template:Flag<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref> {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} </ref>	14 September 1991
Template:Flag	30 September 1991
Template:Flag	2 January 1992
Template:Flag	3 January 1992
Template:Flag	4 January 1992
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	5 January 1992
Template:Flag	6 January 1992
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag	24 January 1992
Template:Flag	30 January 1992
Template:Flag	2 April 1992
Template:Flag	6 April 1992
Template:FlagTemplate:EfnTemplate:Efn
Template:Flag	12 May 1992
Template:Flag	13 May 1992
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	9 June 1992
Template:Flagdeco Republic of Korea (South Korea)	24 August 1992
Template:Flag<ref name="Mfacdt"/>	24 May 1993
Template:FlagTemplate:EfnTemplate:Efn	12 October 1993
Template:Flag	29 June 1994
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	16 January 1995
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	3 April 1995
Template:Flag	23 May 1997
Template:Flag	25 July 1997
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	1 September 1997
Template:Flag<ref name="Mfacdt"/>	1 January 1998
Template:Flag	2 November 1998

2000s

Country	Date
Template:Flag	20 May 2002
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	21 July 2002
Template:Flag	31 March 2004
Template:FlagTemplate:Efn	6 July 2006
Template:Flag	1 June 2007
Template:Flag	12 December 2007
Template:Flag	28 December 2007

2010s

Country	Date
Template:Flag	9 July 2011
Template:Flag<ref> Template:Cite news </ref>	13 June 2017
Template:Flag<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	1 May 2018
Template:Flag<ref> {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} </ref>	21 August 2018
Template:Flag	21 September 2019

2020s

Country	Date
Template:Flag<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	26 March 2023

See also

PRC

• Foreign relations of China

ROC

• Foreign relations of Taiwan
• Timeline of diplomatic relations of the Republic of China