Relationship dossier
Belarus
People's Republic of China
Relationship assessment
Belarus and China maintain a close strategic partnership with sustained economic cooperation and political coordination.
Belarus toward People's Republic of China
+75Belarus has pursued a close strategic partnership with China, upgraded through joint declarations, and has supported China’s positions on core issues, including the one-China principle. Belarus has also participated in bilateral economic cooperation and political coordination.
People's Republic of China toward Belarus
+75China has sustained high-level strategic engagement with Belarus and developed bilateral economic cooperation, including through Belt and Road-linked projects. In 2023, the two governments upgraded their relationship to an all-weather comprehensive strategic partnership.
Overall relationship
+75The relationship is anchored in successive strategic partnership upgrades, recurring high-level engagement, economic cooperation, and political coordination. These durable features support a close overall assessment, although the partnership’s practical implementation and the scope of its commitments remain uncertain.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Belarus and China maintain a close strategic partnership encompassing economic cooperation and political coordination. Their relationship has been formally upgraded over time, including to an all-weather comprehensive strategic partnership in 2023. Belarus supports China’s positions on core issues, while China has sustained high-level engagement and economic cooperation with Belarus. The partnership is substantial, though its implementation and the scope of specific commitments are not fully clear.
Key developments
Belarus and China upgraded their relationship to an all-weather comprehensive strategic partnership during a visit by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to Beijing.
Belarus and China established a comprehensive strategic partnership.
Belarus and China established a strategic partnership.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral economic and strategic commitments are unclear.
- The extent of Belarusian and Chinese coordination on specific international issues varies and is not fully clear.