Iran-China Relations

The 3rd Iran-China Women’s Conference was held September 19-23 in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang Province, an autonomous territory in northwest China with a large Muslim population.

A forum titled “Silk Road Economic Belt” opened in Tehran on Tuesday with focus on friendly exchanges and cooperation between China and the Islamic Republic, Chinese state-owned news agency China…

The chambers of commerce of Iran and China have signed a memorandum of understanding to boost cooperation in China’s Belt and Road Initiative (B&R), which aims to connect China to Europe via…

Iran’s Tejarat Bank and Export-Import Bank of China (Chexim) have signed an agreement to cooperate on financing projects and opening letters of credit.

A Chinese bank and insurance firm will start operation in Qeshm Free Trade Zone, Hamidreza Momeni, managing director of Qeshm Free Trade Zone said on Sunday.

China and Iran have enjoyed close-knit relations, since China’s Han Dynasty (207 BC-220 AD) welcomed merchants from Central Asia, India and Persia (Iran) to trade goods in the country, which was…

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd., a Chinese multinational banking company, plans to establish branches in Iran, an official with Central Bank of Iran (CBI) said.

Seeking to capitalize on the easing of western sanctions on Iran, China's railroad authority has proposed a high-speed rail line for both passengers and cargo connecting the country's northwest…

Officials of China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and Iran’s Khorasan Razavi Province explored avenues of cooperation and investment in addition to expansion of the Silk Road Economic Belt.…

Iran-China trade rose 35 percent in 2014 and stood at $52 billion in value, Abbas Khaleghi Tababr, an official with the ministry of industry, mine, and trade said. As ISNA reported on Saturday,…

New round of negotiations were held between Iran and China on construction of a 300 megawatts (MW) solar power plant, to help reduce air pollution in Tehran.