ArmInfo. In a joint statement on the establishment of strategic partnership between Armenia and China, the parties specified the following:
The Parties welcome the steady growth of bilateral trade in recent years and express their readiness to make efforts for its further increase, including efforts aimed at stimulating the export of Armenian products and their entry into the Chinese market, as well as attracting investments of Chinese companies to Armenia. Armenia welcomes the participation of Chinese companies in infrastructure projects in Armenia.
The Parties express their willingness to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with the aim of expanding the trade and investment potential in such areas as infrastructure, information technologies, renewable energy sources, agriculture, industry, etc.
The Parties recognize the essential role of the Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation in the further development of trade and economic relations between Armenia and China and express their readiness to continue regularly holding sessions of the Commission and employing efforts for the comprehensive implementation of its decisions, for the purpose of which both sides are raising the level of the Co-Chairs of the Commission.
China welcomes Armenia's active participation in the China International Import Expo, China Import and Export Fair, the China International Fair for Trade in Services, the Global Digital Trade Expo, the China International Consumer Products Expo, the China International Small and Medium Enterprises Expo, the China International Fair for Investment and Trade and other major exhibitions. The Chinese side supports the Armenian side in using online platforms for the promotion and sale of high-quality goods. Armenia also welcomes the active participation of the Chinese side in international exhibitions and fairs held in Armenia, including the Expo Food and Drinks, the ArmProd EXPO, the Build EXPO, the Industrial Armenia EXPO, the DigiTec Expo, the ArmHighTech Exhibition, etc.
The Parties express their readiness to further increase mutual investments to strengthen cooperation in such areas as industry, information and telecommunications, agriculture, energy, etc., to promote high-quality cooperation.
The Parties express their readiness to discuss the improvement of the treaty-based legal framework pertinent to the trade and economic field, and actively study the possibility of creating an institutional mechanism for the liberalization and facilitation of trade and investment procedures. The Parties reaffirm their firm position on defending the multilateral trading system with the WTO at the core, and support the integration of the Investment Facilitation for Development (IFD) Agreement into the legal structure of the WTO.
The Parties express their readiness to deepen development cooperation and work out opportunities to implement more small and beautiful social projects in Armenia. Armenia expresses its gratitude to China for continuous technical assistance, including projects on human resources development.
The Parties express their readiness to strengthen cooperation in the field of tourism. In particular, the Parties highly appreciate the visa-free regime between the two countries, which significantly stimulates tourism, enhances people-to-people contacts, and expands economic, social and cultural ties. The Parties agree that the implementation of direct flights between the two countries serves as an additional incentive to tourism cooperation. China welcomes Armenia's participation in the annual China International Travel Mart (CITM) and other tourism exhibitions.
The Parties express interest in promoting mutually beneficial cooperation in the fields of science and technology, education, and language exchanges. The Parties consider it as an important aspect of promoting cultural exchange and dialogue to teach and popularize the Armenian and Chinese languages in each other's educational institutions including the Confucius Institute in Armenia. The Parties will discuss strengthening cooperation in such areas as digital education and vocational education. The Parties actively support the translation and publication of each other's classic works.
The Parties express their readiness to actively facilitate exchanges between research institutes, strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation in the field of science and technology, promote the application of technological achievements, and bring about new progress in their scientific and technological cooperation.
The Parties emphasize the importance of cooperation in the fields of information technology, innovation and artificial intelligence, and express their readiness to promote the establishment of incubation centers, science and technology parks, innovation centers and joint research centers, with Armenia's "Engineering City" and "Academic City" projects as possible platforms for cooperation.
The Parties agree to enhance cooperation in culture, make active efforts to organize Culture Days and other events on a mutual basis. The Parties express their readiness to conduct cooperation in preserving cultural relics and carrying forward cultural heritage, and step up collaboration under the framework of the Ancient Civilization Forum. Being ancient civilizations and active participants of the Forum, the Parties stand ready to actively conduct cooperation under the framework of the Forum.
The Parties express their readiness to deepen cooperation in health, employment, social security, sports and youth, and strengthen exchanges in fields including film, media and think tanks.
The Parties support further facilitating personnel exchanges.
The Parties regard digitalization and digital transformation as a priority area in bilateral cooperation, and stand ready to implement joint projects for the introduction of modern technologies. The Parties also express interest in the exchange of experience in fields including cybersecurity and combating hybrid threats.
The Parties agree that further deepening cooperation in transportation and enhancing transportation facilitation, on the basis of respect for national sovereignty and national jurisdiction, equality, and reciprocity, is conducive to improving regional interconnectivity and promoting economic and trade development.
According to the statistics of the Republic of Armenia, bilateral trade turnover between Armenia and China in January-June 2025 amounted to about $1 billion 196 million (a decline of 15%). At the same time, Armenian exports fell by 56.6% - to $288.3 million, and imports to the Republic of Armenia increased by 31% - to $908.1 million.
