List of international trips made by Jiang Zemin

This is a list of international trips made by Jiang Zemin, the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and the president of China. Jiang Zemin made international trips to 72 countries during his leadership from 1990 to 2002.

Summary

The number of visits per country where he has travelled are:

One visit to: Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Brunei, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Libya, Lithuania, Mali, Malta, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, the Philippines, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, the Soviet Union, Spain, the State of Palestine, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, the United Kingdom, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe.
Two visits to: Brazil, Cuba, France, Egypt, Germany, Mexico, North Korea, Portugal, Ukraine, and Vietnam
Three visits to: Japan, Kazakhstan, and Malaysia.
Five visits to: the United States.
Six visits to: Russia.

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1990–1992

On 24 June 1989, Jiang Zemin was appointed as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, the top position in China.

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|Pyongyang

|{{sort|01|14–16 March 1990}}

|Goodwill visit. Met with General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea Kim Il Sung, Premier Yon Hyong-muk. and Vice presidents Ri Jong-ok and Pak Song-chol.{{Cite web |date=1 March 1990 |title=1990-03-15第1版面所有文章内容 |trans-title=1990-03-01: All articles on Page 1 |url=https://www.laoziliao.net/rmrb/1990-03-15-1#863128 |access-date=16 November 2023 |website=www.laoziliao.net}}

|Moscow
Leningrad

|{{sort|02|15–19 May 1991}}

|Official visit. Met with General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev

|Tokyo
Osaka
Fukuoka

|{{sort|03|6–10 April 1992}}

|Goodwill visit.

1993

On 27 March 1993, Jiang Zemin was appointed as President of the People's Republic of China.

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|San Francisco
Seattle

|{{sort|01|17–21 November}}

|Attended the 5th APEC meeting.{{Cite web |title=China – Visits by Foreign Leaders – Department History – Office of the Historian |url=https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/visits/china |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=United States Department of State}}

|Havana

|{{sort|02|21–22 November}}

|Stopover in way to Brazil. Met with Council of State President Fidel Castro.

|Brasília
Foz do Iguaçu
São José
São Paulo
Rio de Janeiro
Manaus

|{{sort|03|22–28 November}}

|State visit. Met with President Itamar Franco.

|Lisbon

|{{sort|04|28–29 November}}

|Originally planned to be a stopover visit, the Portuguese government took the initiative to upgrade it into a drop-over visit.

1994

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|Moscow
Yekaterinburg

|{{sort|01|2–6 September}}

|State Visit

|Kyiv

|{{sort|02|6–8 September}}

|State Visit

|Paris

|{{sort|03|8–12 September}}

|State Visit

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|{{sort|04|8–10 November}}

|Met with President Ong Teng Cheong and Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew.{{Cite news |date=8 November 1994 |title=China's president in Singapore |work=United Press International |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1994/11/08/Chinas-president-in-Singapore/6698784270800/ |access-date=16 November 2023}}

|Kuala Lumpur

|{{sort|05|10–14 November}}

|Jakarta

|{{sort|06|November}}

|Attended the 6th APEC meeting.

|Hanoi

|{{sort|07|20–23 November}}

|Official goodwill visit.{{Cite news |last=Holland |first=Lorien |date=22 November 1994 |title=China, Vietnam sign economic accords |work=United Press International |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1994/11/22/China-Vietnam-sign-economic-accords/2481785480400/ |access-date=16 November 2023}}

1995

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|Moscow

|{{sort|01|8–9 May}}

|Attended the 1995 Moscow Victory Day Parade.{{Cite news |date=2008-05-19 |title=CHRONOLOGY-Russia-China relations |language=en-GB |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.comarticle/idUSL19125300/ |access-date=2023-11-16}}

|Helsinki

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|Budapest

|{{sort|03|8–11 July}}

|Stuttgart
Bonn
Essen
Munich

|{{sort|04|11–15 July}}

|New York City

|{{sort|05|21–25 October}}

|Seoul
Busan
Gyeongju
Jeju City

|{{sort|06|13–17 November}}

|Osaka

|{{sort|07|17–20 November}}

|Attended the 7th APEC meeting.

1996

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|Nairobi

|{{sort|01|8–11 May}}

|Addis Ababa

|{{sort|02|11–13 May}}

|Cairo

|{{sort|03|13–16 May}}

|Met with President Hosni Mubarak and Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Asmat Abdel-Meguid.{{Cite news |date=13 May 1996 |title=China's President Jiang visits Egypt |work=United Press International |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/05/13/Chinas-President-Jiang-visits-Egypt/9853831960000/ |access-date=16 November 2023}}

|Bamako

|{{sort|04|17–18 May}}

|Met with President Alpha Oumar Konaré, Prime Minister Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta and National Assembly President Aly Nouhoum Diallo.{{Cite web |date=18 May 1996 |title=1996-05-18 |url=https://rmrb.zhouenlai.info/%E4%BA%BA%E6%B0%91%E6%97%A5%E6%8A%A5%EF%BC%881946-2003%EF%BC%89/1996/05/1996-05-18.htm#1101960 |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=rmrb.zhouenlai.info}}

|Windhoek

|{{sort|05|18–20 May}}

|Harare

|{{sort|06|21–22 May}}

|Met with President Robert Mugabe.

|La Palma
Madrid

|{{sort|07|23–27 June}}

|Oslo

|{{sort|08|27–29 June}}

|Bucharest

|{{sort|09|29 June–2 July}}

|Tashkent

|{{sort|10|2–3 July}}

|Bishkek

|{{sort|11|3–4 July}}

|Almaty

|{{sort|12|4–6 July}}

|Manila

|{{sort|13|23–28 November}}

|State visit. Met with President Fidel V. Ramos. Also attended the 8th APEC meeting.

|New Delhi

|{{sort|14|28 November–1 December}}

|State visit. Met with President Shankar Dayal Sharma, Vice President K. R. Narayanan, Prime Minister H. D. Deve Gowda, Lok Sabha Speaker P. A. Sangma, and Indian National Congress President Sitaram Kesri.

|Islamabad
Lahore

|{{sort|15|1–4 December}}

|State visit. Met with President Farooq Leghari, Caretaker Prime Minister Malik Meraj Khalid, Senate chairman Wasim Sajjad, Punjab Governor Khawaja Tariq Rahim and Caretaker Punjab Chief Minister Mian Muhammad Afzal Hayat.

|Kathmandu

|{{sort|16|4–5 December}}

|State visit. Met with King Birendra and Prime MInister Sher Bahadur Deuba.

1997

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|Moscow

|{{sort|01|22–27 April}}

|State visit. Met with President Boris Yeltsin. Signed the Treaty on Reduction of Military Forces in Border Regions.{{Cite news |last=Gordon |first=Michael R. |date=24 April 1997 |title=Russia-China Theme: Contain the West |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/24/world/russia-china-theme-contain-the-west.html |access-date=16 November 2023}}

|Washington, D.C.
Honolulu
Williamsburg
Philadelphia
New York City
Boston
Los Angeles

|{{sort|02|26 October–3 November}}

|State visit.

|Ottawa
Toronto
Calgary

|{{sort|03|23–29 November}}

|Attended the 9th APEC meeting.

|Cancún
Mexico City

|{{sort|04|29 November–3 December}}

|Vancouver

|{{sort|05|3 December}}

|Transit.

|Kuala Lumpur

|{{sort|06|14–17 December}}

1998

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|Almaty

|{{sort|01|3–4 July}}

|Working visit. Attended a five-nation meeting between China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan Russia and Tajikistan

|Kuala Lumpur

|{{sort|02|15–19 November}}

|State visit. Met with Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. Also attended the 10th APEC meeting.

|Moscow
Novosibirsk

|{{sort|03|22–25 November}}

|Held and informal talk with President Boris Yeltsin. Also visited the Novosibirsk Science City.

|Tokyo
Sendai
Sapporo

|{{sort|04|25–30 November}}

|State visit. Met with Emperor Akihito and Empress consort Michiko.

1999

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|Venice
Rome
Milan

|{{sort|01|20–25 March}}

|State visit. Met with President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro.

|Geneva
Zürich

|{{sort|02|25–27 March}}

|State visit. Met with President Ruth Dreifuss.

|Vienna
Salzburg

|{{sort|03|27–30 March}}

|State visit. Met with President Thomas Klestil.

|Ulaanbaatar

|{{sort|04|15–17 July}}

|State visit. Met with President Natsagiin Bagabandi.

|Bangkok
Phuket

|{{sort|05|2–6 September}}

|State visit. Met with King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

|Melbourne
Canberra
Sydney
Cairns

|{{sort|06|6–11 September}}

|Auckland
Wellington
Christchurch

|{{sort|07|11–16 September}}

|Attended the 11th APEC meeting

|London

Cambridge

|{{sort|08|18–22 October}}

|State visit. Met with Queen Elizabeth II. Also gave a speech at the University of Cambridge.

|Lyon
Corrèze
Paris

|{{sort|09|22–26 October}}

|State visit.

|Lisbon
Porto

|{{sort|10|26–27 October}}

|State visit.

|Rabat
Casablanca

|{{sort|11|27–30 October}}

|State visit.

|Algiers

|{{sort|12|30–31 October}}

|State visit.

|Dammam
Riyadh

|{{sort|13|31 October–3 November}}

|State visit. Met with King Fahd bin Abdulaziz.

2000

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|Tel Aviv
Jerusalem

|{{sort|01|12–15, 16–17 April}}

|State visit. Met with President Ezer Weizman and Prime Minister Ehud Barak.{{Cite news |date=10 April 2000 |title=Chinese President's Israel Visit Reflects a Deepening Relationship |work=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |url=https://www.jta.org/archive/chinese-presidents-israel-visit-reflects-a-deepening-relationship |access-date=16 November 2023}}

|Bethlehem

|{{sort|02|15–16 April}}

|State visit.

|Alexandria

|{{sort|03|17–18 April}}

|Met with President Hosni Mubarak.

|Ankara
Istanbul

|{{sort|04|18–20 April}}

|State visit. Met with President Süleyman Demirel and Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit.{{Cite news |date=18 April 2000 |title=Zemin Köşk'te karşılandı |trans-title=Zemin was greeted at the mansion |work=NTV |url=http://arsiv.ntv.com.tr/news/1972.asp |access-date=16 November 2023}}

|Athens
Crete

|{{sort|05|21–23 April}}

|State visit.

|Johannesburg
Pretoria
Cape Town

|{{sort|06|24–27 April}}

|State visit.

|Dushanbe

|{{sort|07|3–5 July}}

|State visit. Met with President Emomali Rahmon. Attended a five-nation meeting between China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan Russia and Tajikistan

|Ashgabat

|{{sort|08|5–7 July}}

|State visit. Met with President Saparmurat Niyazov.

|New York City

|{{sort|09|4–10 September}}

|Attended the United Nations Millennium Summit.

|Vientiane

|{{sort|10|11–13 November}}

|State visit. Met with President Khamtai Siphandone, Prime Minister Sisavath Keobounphanh, and National Assembly President Samane Vignaket.

|Phnom Penh
Siem Reap

|{{sort|11|13–14 November}}

|State visit. Met with King Norodom Sihanouk, Prime Minister Hun Sen, Senate President Chea Sim, and National Assembly President Norodom Ranariddh.

|Bandar Seri Begawan

|{{sort|12|14–18 November}}

|State visit. Met with Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah. Also attended the 12th APEC meeting.

2001

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|Tahiti

|{{sort|01|4 April}}

|Transit.

|San Diego

|{{sort|02|5–7 April}}

|State visit. Met with President Ricardo Lagos and Senate President Andrés Zaldívar.

|Buenos Aires

|{{sort|03|7–10 April}}

|State visit. Met with President Fernando de la Rúa, Senate Provisional President Mario Losada and Chamber of Deputies President Rafael Pascual.

|Montevideo

|{{sort|04|10–11 April}}

|State visit. Met with President Jorge Batlle.

|Brasília

|{{sort|05|11–12 April}}

|Working visit. Met with President Fernando Henrique Cardoso.

|Havana

|{{sort|06|12–15 April}}

|State visit. Met with Council of State President Fidel Castro.

|Caracas

|{{sort|07|15–17 April}}

|State visit. Met with President Hugo Chávez.

|Gran Canaria

|{{sort|08|18 April}}

|Transit.

|Moscow
Volgograd

|{{sort|09|15–18 July}}

|State visit. Met with President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, State Duma chairman Gennadiy Seleznyov, Federation Council chairman Yegor Stroyev, and Volgograd Oblast Nikolay Maksyuta. Also met with International Olympics Committee President Juan Antonio Samaranch and former president Boris Yeltsin. Gave a speech at the Moscow State University.

|Minsk

|{{sort|10|18–19 July}}

|State visit. Met with President Alexander Lukashenko, Prime Minister Vladimir Yermoshin, Council of the Republic Speaker Alyaksandr Vaytovich, and House of Representatives Speaker Anatoly Malofeyev.

|Chișinău

|{{sort|11|19–20 July}}

|State visit. Met with President Vladimir Voronin, Prime Minister Vasile Tarlev, and Parliament President Eugenia Ostapciuc.

|Kyiv
Yalta

|{{sort|12|20–23 July}}

|State visit. Met with President Leonid Kuchma, Prime Minister Anatoliy Kinakh, and Verkhovna Rada chairman Ivan Plyushch.

|Valletta

|{{sort|13|23–25 July}}

|State visit. Met with President Guido de Marco.

|Pyongyang

|{{sort|14|3–5 September}}

|Official goodwill visit. Met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, Supreme Assembly Presidium President Kim Yong-nam, and Premier Hong Song-nam. Paid respect to late North Korean leader Kim Il Sung and laid wreaths at the Sino–Korean Friendship Tower.

|Yangon
Rakhine State
Bagan
Mandalay

|{{sort|15|12–15 December}}

|State visit. Met with State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) Chairman Than Shwe and SPDC Secretary Khin Nyunt.{{Cite news |last=Jagan |first=Larry |date=2001-12-15 |title=China hails Burma trip |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1713291.stm |access-date=2023-11-16}}

2002

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|Hanoi
Huế
Da Nang
Hội An

|{{sort|01|27 February–1 March}}

|Official goodwill visit. Met with Communist Party of Vietnam General Secretary Nông Đức Mạnh, President Trần Đức Lương, Prime Minister Phan Văn Khải, and National Assembly chairman Nguyễn Văn An. Gave a speech at the Vietnam National University. Also met with former general secretaries Đỗ Mười and Lê Khả Phiêu

|Berlin
Potsdam
Dresden
Wolfsburg
Goslar
Hanover

|{{sort|02|8–13 April}}

|State visit. Met with President Johannes Rau and Chancellor Gerhard Schröder.

|Tripoli

|{{sort|03|13–14 April}}

|State visit. Met with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.{{Cite news |date=15 April 2002 |title=China touts clout in anti-terror fight |work=CNN |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/east/04/15/china.libya.ties/index.html?related |access-date=16 November 2023}}

|Abuja

|{{sort|04|14–16 April}}

|State visit. Met with President Olusegun Obasanjo.

|Tunis

|{{sort|05|16–18 April}}

|State visit. Met with President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi, and Chamber of Deputies Speaker Fouad Mebazaa.

|Shiraz
Tehran

|{{sort|07|18–22 April}}

|State visit. Met with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, President Muhammad Khatami, Islamic Consultative Assembly Speaker Mehdi Karroubi, Expediency Discernment Council chairman Akbar Rafsanjanī, and Governor-General of the Fars Province.

|Almaty

|{{sort|08|3–5 June}}

|Attended the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia.

|Saint Petersburg
Sochi

|{{sort|09|5–10 June}}

|Attended the 2nd Shanghai Cooperation Organization Heads of State summit.

|Riga

|{{sort|10|10–12 June}}

|State visit. Met with President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, Prime Minister Andris Bērziņš, and Saeima Speaker Jānis Straume.

|Tallinn

|{{sort|11|12–13 June}}

|State visit. Met with President Arnold Rüütel, Prime Minister Juhan Parts, and Riigikogu chairman Toomas Savi.