# Dates of establishment of diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China

Since its founding in 1949, the People's Republic of China (PRC) has had a diplomatic tug-of-war with its rival in Taiwan, the Republic of China (ROC). Throughout the Cold War, both governments claimed to be the sole legitimate government of all China and allowed countries to recognize either one or the other. Until the 1970s, most Western countries in the Western Bloc recognized the ROC while the Eastern Bloc and Third World countries generally recognized the PRC. This gradually shifted and today only 11 UN member states recognize the ROC while the PRC is recognized by the United Nations, as well as 181 UN member states (including 18 G20 member states), Cook Islands, Niue and the State of Palestine. Both the ROC and the PRC maintain the requirement of recognizing its view of the One China policy to establish or maintain diplomatic relations.

## Recognition of the PRC before it was seated at the UN
### 1949

The PRC was established on 1 October 1949, when the Chinese Civil War was still underway, and the seat of Government of the Republic of China in Canton was not relocated to Taipei until December 1949. All the countries that recognized the new PRC government in 1949 were communist states.
| Country | Date |
| Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | 2 October 1949 |
| People's Republic of Bulgaria | 4 October 1949 |
| Romanian People's Republic | 5 October 1949 |
| Hungarian People's Republic | 6 October 1949 |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) | 6 October 1949 |
| Czechoslovak Republic | 6 October 1949 |
| Republic of Poland | 7 October 1949 |
| Mongolian People's Republic | 16 October 1949 |
| German Democratic Republic (East Germany) | 27 October 1949 |
| People's Republic of Albania | 23 November 1949 |

### 1950s

| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 6 January 1950 |
| Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) | 18 January 1950 |
| Republic of India | 1 April 1950 |
| Republic of Indonesia | 13 April 1950 |
| Kingdom of Sweden | 9 May 1950 |
| Kingdom of Denmark | 11 May 1950 |
| Union of Burma | 8 June 1950 |
| Swiss Confederation | 14 September 1950 |
| Principality of Liechtenstein | 14 September 1950 |
| Republic of Finland | 28 October 1950 |
| Pakistan | 21 May 1951 |
| Kingdom of Norway | 5 October 1954 |
| Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia | 2 January 1955 |
| Kingdom of Afghanistan | 20 January 1955 |
| Kingdom of Nepal | 1 August 1955 |
| Republic of Egypt | 30 May 1956 |
| Syrian Republic | 1 August 1956 |
| Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen (North Yemen) | 24 September 1956 |
| Ceylon | 7 February 1957 |
| Kingdom of Cambodia | 19 July 1958 |
| Iraqi Republic | 25 August 1958 |
| Kingdom of Morocco | 1 November 1958 |
| Republic of Algeria | 20 December 1958 |
| Republic of the Sudan | 4 February 1959 |
| Republic of Guinea | 4 October 1959 |

### 1960s

| Country | Date |
| Republic of Ghana | 5 July 1960 |
| Republic of Cuba | 28 September 1960 |
| Republic of Mali | 25 October 1960 |
| Somali Republic | 14 December 1960 |
| Free Republic of the Congo | 20 February 1961 |
| Kingdom of Laos | 25 April 1961 |
| Tanganyika | 9 December 1961 |
| Uganda | 18 October 1962 |
| Sultanate of Zanzibar | 11 December 1963 |
| Kenya | 14 December 1963 |
| Kingdom of Burundi | 21 December 1963 |
| Republic of Tunisia | 10 January 1964 |
| French Republic | 27 January 1964 |
| Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) | 22 February 1964 |
| Central African Republic | 29 September 1964 |
| Republic of Zambia | 29 October 1964 |
| Republic of Dahomey | 12 November 1964 |
| Islamic Republic of Mauritania | 19 July 1965 |
| People's Republic of South Yemen (South Yemen) | 31 January 1968 |
| Republic of South Vietnam | 14 June 1969 |

### 1970s

| Country | Date |
| Canada | 13 October 1970 |
| Republic of Equatorial Guinea | 15 October 1970 |
| Italian Republic | 6 November 1970 |
| Ethiopian Empire | 24 November 1970 |
| Republic of Chile | 15 December 1970 |
| Federal Republic of Nigeria | 10 February 1971 |
| State of Kuwait | 22 March 1971 |
| Federal Republic of Cameroon | 26 March 1971 |
| Republic of San Marino | 6 May 1971 |
| Republic of Austria | 28 May 1971 |
| Republic of Sierra Leone | 29 July 1971 |
| Republic of Turkey | 4 August 1971 |
| Imperial State of Iran | 16 August 1971 |

## Recognition of the PRC after it was seated at the UN

The Republic of China, which had occupied China's seat at the United Nations since 1945, was effectively expelled on 25 October 1971, through Resolution 2758 approved in the general assembly of said date. Its seat was taken over by the People's Republic of China from 15 November 1971, and the migration of relations to the PRC soon followed among members of the Western Bloc, except for the United Kingdom, France, Canada, Italy and the Scandinavian Countries which had previously established diplomatic relations.

### 1970s

| Country | Date |
| Kingdom of Belgium | 25 October 1971 |
| Republic of Peru | 2 November 1971 |
| Republic of Lebanon | 9 November 1971 |
| Republic of Rwanda | 12 November 1971 |
| Republic of Senegal | 7 December 1971 |
| Iceland | 8 December 1971 |
| Republic of Cyprus | 14 December 1971 |
| State of Malta | 31 January 1972 |
| United Mexican States | 14 February 1972 |
| Argentine Republic | 19 February 1972 |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 13 March 1972 |
| Mauritius | 15 April 1972 |
| Kingdom of the Netherlands | 18 May 1972 |
| Kingdom of Greece | 5 June 1972 |
| Co-operative Republic of Guyana | 27 June 1972 |
| Togolese Republic | 19 September 1972 |
| Japan | 29 September 1972 |
| Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) | 11 October 1972 |
| Republic of Maldives | 14 October 1972 |
| Malagasy Republic | 6 November 1972 |
| Grand Duchy of Luxembourg | 16 November 1972 |
| Jamaica | 21 November 1972 |
| Republic of Zaire | 24 November 1972 |
| Republic of Chad | 28 November 1972 |
| Commonwealth of Australia | 21 December 1972 |
| New Zealand | 22 December 1972 |
| Spanish State | 9 March 1973 |
| Republic of Upper Volta | 15 September 1973 |
| Republic of Guinea-Bissau | 15 March 1974 |
| Gabonese Republic | 20 April 1974 |
| Malaysia | 31 May 1974 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 20 June 1974 |
| Republic of Venezuela | 28 June 1974 |
| Republic of Niger | 20 July 1974 |
| Federative Republic of Brazil | 15 August 1974 |
| Republic of the Gambia | 14 December 1974 |
| Republic of Botswana | 6 January 1975 |
| European Economic Community | 6 May 1975 |
| Republic of the Philippines | 9 June 1975 |
| People's Republic of Mozambique | 25 June 1975 |
| Kingdom of Thailand | 1 July 1975 |
| Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe | 12 July 1975 |
| People's Republic of Bangladesh | 4 October 1975 |
| Fiji | 5 November 1975 |
| Independent State of Western Samoa | 6 November 1975 |
| State of the Comoros | 13 November 1975 |
| Republic of Cape Verde | 25 April 1976 |
| Republic of Suriname | 28 May 1976 |
| Republic of Seychelles | 30 June 1976 |
| Independent State of Papua New Guinea | 12 October 1976 |
| Republic of Liberia | 17 February 1977 |
| Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan | 7 April 1977 |
| Barbados | 30 May 1977 |
| Sultanate of Oman | 25 May 1978 |
| Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | 9 August 1978 |
| United States of America | 1 January 1979 |
| Republic of Djibouti | 8 January 1979 |
| Portuguese Republic | 8 February 1979 |
| Ireland | 22 June 1979 |

### 1980s

| Country | Date |
| Republic of Ecuador | 2 January 1980 |
| Republic of Colombia | 7 February 1980 |
| Republic of Zimbabwe | 18 April 1980 |
| Republic of Kiribati | 25 June 1980 |
| Republic of Vanuatu | 26 March 1982 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 January 1983 |
| People's Republic of Angola | 12 January 1983 |
| Republic of Côte d'Ivoire | 2 March 1983 |
| Kingdom of Lesotho | 30 April 1983 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 November 1984 |
| Republic of Bolivia | 9 July 1985 |
| Grenada | 1 October 1985 |
| Republic of Nicaragua | 7 December 1985 |
| Belize | 6 February 1987 |
| Eastern Republic of Uruguay | 3 February 1988 |
| State of Qatar | 9 July 1988 |
| State of Palestine | 20 November 1988 |
| State of Bahrain | 18 April 1989 |
| Federated States of Micronesia | 11 September 1989 |

### 1990s

| Country | Date |
| Republic of Namibia | 22 March 1990 |
| Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | 21 July 1990 |
| Republic of Singapore | 3 October 1990 |
| Republic of the Marshall Islands | 16 November 1990 |
| Republic of Estonia | 11 September 1991 |
| Republic of Latvia | 12 September 1991 |
| Republic of Lithuania | 14 September 1991 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 30 September 1991 |
| Republic of Uzbekistan | 2 January 1992 |
| Republic of Kazakhstan | 3 January 1992 |
| Republic of Tajikistan | 4 January 1992 |
| Ukraine | 4 January 1992 |
| Republic of Kyrgyzstan | 5 January 1992 |
| Turkmenistan | 6 January 1992 |
| Republic of Belarus | 20 January 1992 |
| State of Israel | 24 January 1992 |
| Republic of Moldova | 30 January 1992 |
| Republic of Azerbaijan | 2 April 1992 |
| Republic of Armenia | 6 April 1992 |
| Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | |
| Republic of Slovenia | 12 May 1992 |
| Republic of Croatia | 13 May 1992 |
| Republic of Georgia | 9 June 1992 |
| Republic of Korea (South Korea) | 24 August 1992 |
| State of Eritrea | 24 May 1993 |
| Republic of Macedonia | 12 October 1993 |
| Principality of Andorra | 29 June 1994 |
| Principality of Monaco | 16 January 1995 |
| Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 April 1995 |
| Commonwealth of the Bahamas | 23 May 1997 |
| Cook Islands | 25 July 1997 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 September 1997 |
| Republic of South Africa | 1 January 1998 |
| Kingdom of Tonga | 2 November 1998 |

### 2000s

| Country | Date |
| Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste | 20 May 2002 |
| Republic of Nauru | 21 July 2002 |
| Commonwealth of Dominica | 31 March 2004 |
| Republic of Montenegro | 6 July 2006 |
| Republic of Costa Rica | 1 June 2007 |
| Niue | 12 December 2007 |
| Republic of Malawi | 28 December 2007 |

### 2010s

| Country | Date |
| Republic of South Sudan | 9 July 2011 |
| Republic of Panama | 13 June 2017 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 May 2018 |
| Republic of El Salvador | 21 August 2018 |
| Solomon Islands | 21 September 2019 |

### 2020s

| Country | Date |
| Republic of Honduras | 26 March 2023 |