Relationship dossier
Bosnia and Herzegovina
People's Republic of China
Relationship assessment
Practical cooperation through infrastructure initiatives and pandemic assistance
Bosnia and Herzegovina toward People's Republic of China
+30Bosnia and Herzegovina joined the Belt and Road Initiative framework and has engaged with China through the China–Central and Eastern European Countries cooperation format, supporting practical economic ties.
People's Republic of China toward Bosnia and Herzegovina
+35China has supported infrastructure projects in Bosnia and Herzegovina through Chinese companies and provided COVID-19 vaccine assistance, including Sinopharm doses.
Overall relationship
+30The relationship features practical economic engagement, including infrastructure cooperation and participation in multilateral initiatives, alongside Chinese pandemic assistance. These concrete areas of cooperation support a positive overall relationship, while the extent and delivery of projects remain less clear.
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
Bosnia and Herzegovina and China have pursued practical cooperation, including Bosnia and Herzegovina's participation in China's Belt and Road Initiative and engagement through the China–Central and Eastern European Countries cooperation framework. Chinese-backed infrastructure projects and China's provision of COVID-19 vaccine doses are notable examples. The relationship is cooperative, though the breadth and implementation of bilateral initiatives are not fully clear.
Key developments
Bosnia and Herzegovina signed a memorandum of understanding with China on cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative.
China provided Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine doses to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral infrastructure and investment initiatives are unclear.
- Details of the timing and scale of Chinese vaccine assistance to Bosnia and Herzegovina are limited.