In the 90's, the exchange of visits between the leaders of two countries increased. The two sides cooperated successfully in the political, economic, cultural, scientific and technological, and military areas. When Albania was in turbulence in march 1997, Greek military vessels helped China withdraw Chinese personnel from Albania at China's request. In the recent years, the Sino-Greek trade has developed rapidly. The goods China exports to Greece are mainly textiles, light industrial products, and handicraft articles.
China mainly imports chemical fertilizer, gmarble, steel and vessels from Greece.
The Sino-Greek economic and technological cooperation has always focused on sea transportation. In recent years, Greek shipping companies have 100 vessels repaired in China on the average per year, and have purchased an increasing number of ships from China each year. By the end of 1998, China had imported 9 technological projects from Greece, involving a contractual sum of 7.5 million USD. 3. The main projects are Shenyang Plane Maintenance Factory, Henan barite exploration and Foshan precast cement slab production, etc. In accordance with the cultural agreement between China and Greece, the two sides continued to sign executive programs of the cultural exchange agreement for terms ranging from 3 to 4 years from 1985.