Chinese laborers are mainly working for Mauritania's fishery. China-Mauritania cooperation in fishery began in 1991 and the Agreement on Fishery Cooperation between Chinese and Mauritanian government was signed in August of the same year. Trade Relations between China and Mauritania was initiated in 1964 and the two governments signed agreement on spot trade in 1967. In 1984 the two governments signed the Agreement on Establishing Joint Committee of Economy and Trade between China and Mauritania. The main commodities China exports to Mauritania are tea, textile, light industrial products and mechanical and electronic products.
Arabic glue is the main product China imports from Mauritania.
The two countries signed the agreement on cultural cooperation between Chinese and Mauritanian government in 1967. Currently, there are altogether 15 Mauritanian students studying in China. China began to send medical teams to Mauritania in April 1968. The first Chinese medical station was set up in Mauritania in Nov 1977. There are altogether 27 people in the Chinese medical team currently in Mauritania, which is so far the 22nd that China has ever sent to Mauritania and working at 4 stations in Nouakchott, Kiffa and Selibabi.