# List of international trips made by Jiang Zemin

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This is a list of international trips made by Jiang Zemin, the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and the president of China. Jiang Zemin made international trips to 72 countries during his leadership from 1990 to 2002.

## Summary

The number of visits per country where he has travelled are:
* One visit to: Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Brunei, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Libya, Lithuania, Mali, Malta, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, the Philippines, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, the Soviet Union, Spain, the State of Palestine, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, the United Kingdom, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe.
* Two visits to: Brazil, Cuba, France, Egypt, Germany, Mexico, North Korea, Portugal, Ukraine, and Vietnam
* Three visits to: Japan, Kazakhstan, and Malaysia.
* Five visits to: the United States.
* Six visits to: Russia.

## 1990–1992

| Country | Locations | Dates | Details |
| North Korea | Pyongyang | 14–16 March 1990 | Goodwill visit. Met with President Kim Il Sung, Premier Yon Hyong-muk. and Vice presidents Ri Jong-ok and Pak Song-chol. |
| Soviet Union | Moscow Leningrad | 15–19 May 1991 | Official visit. |
| Japan | Tokyo Osaka Fukuoka | 6–10 April 1992 | Goodwill visit. |

## 1993

On 27 March 1993, Jiang Zemin was appointed as President of the People's Republic of China.
| Country | Locations | Dates | Details |
| United States | San Francisco Seattle | 17–21 November | Attended the 5th APEC meeting. |
| Cuba | Havana | 21–22 November | Stopover in way to Brazil. Met with Council of State President Fidel Castro. |
| Brazil | Brasília Foz do Iguaçu São José São Paulo Rio de Janeiro Manaus | 22–28 November | State visit. Met with President Itamar Franco. |
| Portugal | Lisbon | 28–29 November | Originally planned to be a stopover visit, the Portuguese government took the initiative to upgrade it into a drop-over visit. |

## 1994

| Country | Locations | Dates | Details |
| Russia | Moscow Yekaterinburg | 2–6 September | State Visit |
| Ukraine | Kyiv | 6–8 September | State Visit |
| France | Paris | 8–12 September | State Visit |
| Singapore | Singapore | 8–10 November | Met with President Ong Teng Cheong and Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. |
| Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | 10–14 November | |
| Indonesia | Jakarta | November | Attended the 6th APEC meeting. |
| Vietnam | Hanoi | 20–23 November | Official goodwill visit. |

## 1995

| Country | Locations | Dates | Details |
| Russia | Moscow | 8–9 May | Attended the 1995 Moscow Victory Day Parade. |
| Finland | Helsinki | 5–8 July | |
| Hungary | Budapest | 8–11 July | |
| Germany | Stuttgart Bonn Essen Munich | 11–15 July | |
| United States | New York City | 21–25 October | |
| South Korea | Seoul Busan Gyeongju Jeju City | 13–17 November | |
| Japan | Osaka | 17–20 November | Attended the 7th APEC meeting. |

## 1996

| Country | Locations | Dates | Details |
| Kenya | Nairobi | 8–11 May | |
| Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 11–13 May | |
| Egypt | Cairo | 13–16 May | Met with President Hosni Mubarak and Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Asmat Abdel-Meguid. |
| Mali | Bamako | 17–18 May | Met with President Alpha Oumar Konaré, Prime Minister Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta and National Assembly President Aly Nouhoum Diallo. |
| Namibia | Windhoek | 18–20 May | |
| Zimbabwe | Harare | 21–22 May | Met with President Robert Mugabe. |
| Spain | La Palma Madrid | 23–27 June | |
| Norway | Oslo | 27–29 June | |
| Romania | Bucharest | 29 June–2 July | |
| Uzbekistan | Tashkent | 2–3 July | |
| Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | 3–4 July | |
| Kazakhstan | Almaty | 4–6 July | |
| Philippines | Manila | 23–28 November | State visit. Met with President Fidel V. Ramos. Also attended the 8th APEC meeting. |
| India | New Delhi | 28 November–1 December | State visit. Met with President Shankar Dayal Sharma, Vice President K. R. Narayanan, Prime Minister H. D. Deve Gowda, Lok Sabha Speaker P. A. Sangma, and Indian National Congress President Sitaram Kesri. |
| Pakistan | Islamabad Lahore | 1–4 December | State visit. Met with President Farooq Leghari, Caretaker Prime Minister Malik Meraj Khalid, Senate chairman Wasim Sajjad, Punjab Governor Khawaja Tariq Rahim and Caretaker Punjab Chief Minister Mian Muhammad Afzal Hayat. |
| Nepal | Kathmandu | 4–5 December | State visit. Met with King Birendra and Prime MInister Sher Bahadur Deuba. |

## 1997

| Country | Locations | Dates | Details |
| Russia | Moscow | 22–27 April | State visit. Met with President Boris Yeltsin. Signed the Treaty on Reduction of Military Forces in Border Regions. |
| United States | Washington, D.C. Honolulu Williamsburg Philadelphia New York City Boston Los Angeles | 26 October–3 November | State visit. |
| Canada | Ottawa Toronto Calgary | 23–29 November | Attended the 9th APEC meeting. |
| Mexico | Cancún Mexico City | 29 November–3 December | |
| Canada | Vancouver | 3 December | Transit. |
| Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | 14–17 December | |

## 1998

| Country | Locations | Dates | Details |
| Kazakhstan | Almaty | 3–4 July | Working visit. Attended a five-nation meeting between China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan Russia and Tajikistan |
| Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | 15–19 November | State visit. Met with Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. Also attended the 10th APEC meeting. |
| Russia | Moscow Novosibirsk | 22–25 November | Held and informal talk with President Boris Yeltsin. Also visited the Novosibirsk Science City. |
| Japan | Tokyo Sendai Sapporo | 25–30 November | State visit. Met with Emperor Akihito and Empress consort Michiko. |

## 1999

| Country | Locations | Dates | Details |
| Italy | Venice Rome Milan | 20–25 March | State visit. Met with President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro. |
| Switzerland | Geneva Zürich | 25–27 March | State visit. Met with President Ruth Dreifuss. |
| Austria | Vienna Salzburg | 27–30 March | State visit. Met with President Thomas Klestil. |
| Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | 15–17 July | State visit. Met with President Natsagiin Bagabandi. |
| Thailand | Bangkok Phuket | 2–6 September | State visit. Met with King Bhumibol Adulyadej. |
| Australia | Melbourne Canberra Sydney Cairns | 6–11 September | |
| New Zealand | Auckland Wellington Christchurch | 11–16 September | Attended the 11th APEC meeting |
| United Kingdom | London Cambridge | 18–22 October | State visit. Met with Queen Elizabeth II. Also gave a speech at the University of Cambridge. |
| France | Lyon Corrèze Paris | 22–26 October | State visit. |
| Portugal | Lisbon Porto | 26–27 October | State visit. |
| Morocco | Rabat Casablanca | 27–30 October | State visit. |
| Algeria | Algiers | 30–31 October | State visit. |
| Saudi Arabia | Dammam Riyadh | 31 October–3 November | State visit. Met with King Fahd bin Abdulaziz. |

## 2000

| Country | Locations | Dates | Details |
| israel | Tel Aviv Jerusalem | 12–15, 16–17 April | State visit. Met with President Ezer Weizman and Prime Minister Ehud Barak. |
| Palestine | Bethlehem | 15–16 April | State visit. |
| Egypt | Alexandria | 17–18 April | Met with President Hosni Mubarak. |
| Turkey | Ankara Istanbul | 18–20 April | State visit. Met with President Süleyman Demirel and Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit. |
| Greece | Athens Crete | 21–23 April | State visit. |
| South Africa | Johannesburg Pretoria Cape Town | 24–27 April | State visit. |
| Tajikistan | Dushanbe | 3–5 July | State visit. Met with President Emomali Rahmon. Attended a five-nation meeting between China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan Russia and Tajikistan |
| Turkmenistan | Ashgabat | 5–7 July | State visit. Met with President Saparmurat Niyazov. |
| United States | New York City | 4–10 September | Attended the United Nations Millennium Summit. |
| Laos | Vientiane | 11–13 November | State visit. Met with President Khamtai Siphandone, Prime Minister Sisavath Keobounphanh, and National Assembly President Samane Vignaket. |
| Cambodia | Phnom Penh Siem Reap | 13–14 November | State visit. Met with King Norodom Sihanouk, Prime Minister Hun Sen, Senate President Chea Sim, and National Assembly President Norodom Ranariddh. |
| Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan | 14–18 November | State visit. Met with Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah. Also attended the 12th APEC meeting. |

## 2001

| Country | Locations | Dates | Details |
| French Polynesia | Tahiti | 4 April | Transit. |
| Chile | San Diego | 5–7 April | State visit. Met with President Ricardo Lagos and Senate President Andrés Zaldívar. |
| Argentina | Buenos Aires | 7–10 April | State visit. Met with President Fernando de la Rúa, Senate Provisional President Mario Losada and Chamber of Deputies President Rafael Pascual. |
| Uruguay | Montevideo | 10–11 April | State visit. Met with President Jorge Batlle. |
| Brazil | Brasília | 11–12 April | Working visit. Met with President Fernando Henrique Cardoso. |
| Cuba | Havana | 12–15 April | State visit. Met with Council of State President Fidel Castro. |
| Venezuela | Caracas | 15–17 April | State visit. Met with President Hugo Chávez. |
| Spain | Gran Canaria | 18 April | Transit. |
| Russia | Moscow Volgograd | 15–18 July | State visit. Met with President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, State Duma chairman Gennadiy Seleznyov, Federation Council chairman Yegor Stroyev, and Volgograd Oblast Nikolay Maksyuta. Also met with International Olympics Committee President Juan Antonio Samaranch and former president Boris Yeltsin. Gave a speech at the Moscow State University. |
| Belarus | Minsk | 18–19 July | State visit. Met with President Alexander Lukashenko, Prime Minister Vladimir Yermoshin, Council of the Republic Speaker Alyaksandr Vaytovich, and House of Representatives Speaker Anatoly Malofeyev. |
| Moldova | Chișinău | 19–20 July | State visit. Met with President Vladimir Voronin, Prime Minister Vasile Tarlev, and Parliament President Eugenia Ostapciuc. |
| Ukraine | Kyiv Yalta | 20–23 July | State visit. Met with President Leonid Kuchma, Prime Minister Anatoliy Kinakh, and Verkhovna Rada chairman Ivan Plyushch. |
| Malta | Valletta | 23–25 July | State visit. Met with President Guido de Marco. |
| North Korea | Pyongyang | 3–5 September | Official goodwill visit. Met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, Supreme Assembly Presidium President Kim Yong-nam, and Premier Hong Song-nam. Paid respect to late North Korean leader Kim Il Sung and laid wreaths at the Sino–Korean Friendship Tower. |
| Myanmar | Yangon Rakhine State Bagan Mandalay | 12–15 December | State visit. Met with State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) Chairman Than Shwe and SPDC Secretary Khin Nyunt. |

## 2002

| Country | Locations | Dates | Details |
| Vietnam | Hanoi Huế Da Nang Hội An | 27 February–1 March | Official goodwill visit. Met with Communist Party of Vietnam General Secretary Nông Đức Mạnh, President Trần Đức Lương, Prime Minister Phan Văn Khải, and National Assembly chairman Nguyễn Văn An. Gave a speech at the Vietnam National University. Also met with former general secretaries Đỗ Mười and Lê Khả Phiêu |
| Germany | Berlin Potsdam Dresden Wolfsburg Goslar Hanover | 8–13 April | State visit. Met with President Johannes Rau and Chancellor Gerhard Schröder. |
| Libya | Tripoli | 13–14 April | State visit. Met with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. |
| Nigeria | Abuja | 14–16 April | State visit. Met with President Olusegun Obasanjo. |
| Tunisia | Tunis | 16–18 April | State visit. Met with President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi, and Chamber of Deputies Speaker Fouad Mebazaa. |
| Cuba | Shiraz Tehran | 18–22 April | State visit. Met with Council of State President Fidel Castro. |
| Iran | Caracas | 15–17 April | State visit. Met with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, President Muhammad Khatami, Islamic Consultative Assembly Speaker Mehdi Karroubi, Expediency Discernment Council chairman Akbar Rafsanjanī, and Governor-General of the Fars Province. |
| Kazakhstan | Almaty | 3–5 June | Attended the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia. |
| Russia | Saint Petersburg Sochi | 5–10 June | Attended the 2nd Shanghai Cooperation Organization Heads of State summit. |
| Latvia | Riga | 10–12 June | State visit. Met with President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, Prime Minister Andris Bērziņš, and Saeima Speaker Jānis Straume. |
| Estonia | Tallinn | 12–13 June | State visit. Met with President Arnold Rüütel, Prime Minister Juhan Parts, and Riigikogu chairman Toomas Savi. |
| Iceland | Reykjavík | 13–16 June | State visit. Met with President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson and Prime Minister Davíð Oddsson. |
| Lithuania | Vilnius | 16–18 June | State visit. Met with President Valdas Adamkus, Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas, and Seimas Speaker Artūras Paulauskas. |
| United States | Chicago Houston Crawford Waco San Francisco | 22–25 October | Working visit. Met with Illinois Governor George Ryan and US President George W. Bush. Gave a speech at the George Bush Presidential Library. |
| Mexico | Los Cabos Municipality | 25–28 October | Attended the 10th APEC meeting. |