Relationship dossier
People's Republic of China
Jamaica
Relationship assessment
Development assistance and economic cooperation underpin China–Jamaica ties.
People's Republic of China toward Jamaica
+30The Chinese government has provided development assistance to Jamaica and pursued bilateral economic cooperation, including through arrangements supporting development projects. The scope and implementation of specific assistance are not fully clear.
Jamaica toward People's Republic of China
+30The Jamaican government signed a 2019 memorandum of understanding on cooperation under China’s Belt and Road Initiative, providing a framework for bilateral economic cooperation. The extent of subsequent implementation is unclear.
Overall relationship
+30The relationship has a cooperative development and economic dimension, including Chinese government assistance and Jamaica’s participation in a Belt and Road cooperation framework. These arrangements provide a substantive basis for bilateral engagement, though their scope and implementation are not fully 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
China and Jamaica maintain a cooperative relationship that includes development assistance and economic cooperation. Jamaica signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation under China’s Belt and Road Initiative in 2019, while Chinese government assistance has supported bilateral development projects. The relationship has concrete areas of cooperation, although the scale and implementation of individual arrangements are not fully clear.
Key developments
China and Jamaica signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral development and economic cooperation arrangements are unclear.
- Details of the projects supported by Chinese government assistance are limited.