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China–Portugal relations (Portuguese:Relações entre a República Portuguesa e a República Popular da China or Relações China-Portugal,simplified Chinese:葡萄牙共和国与中华人民共和国的关系or 中葡关系;traditional Chinese:葡萄牙共和國與中華人民共和國的關係 or 中葡關係;pinyin:Pútáoyá gònghéguó yǔ zhōnghuá rénmín gònghéguó de guānxì or zhōng pú guānxì), can be traced to 1514 during theMing dynasty of China. Relations between the modern political entities of thePeople's Republic of China and thePortuguese Republic officially began on 2 February 1979.[1]: 85 China and Portugal established the comprehensive strategic partnership in 2005.[2] Both nations maintain friendly relations, which is due to three main reasons – the first being thePortuguese handover of Macau in 1999, the second being the Portuguese prominence in theLusophone, which includes nations China wishes to promote relations with, and third being the extensive history of Portuguese presence in Asia.[3]
Trade between the two countries have increased since the resolution of the longstanding issue of Macau's future and the economic reforms ofDeng Xiaoping in the early 1980s. In 2002, trade between the two countries was valued at $380 million.[4]
China's exports to Portugal are textile goods, garments, shoes, plastics, acoustic equipment, steel materials, ceramic goods and lighting equipment.[4] China is Portugal's ninth-largest trading partner.[5][6]
Portugal's exports to China are electric condensers and accessory parts, primary plastics, paper, medicinal, textile goods and wine.[4][5][7]
Portugal participated in Shanghai'sExpo 2010 to boost bilateral trade further.[8]
During the celebration of the Year of the Rooster, the ChineseLunar New Year that fell on 28 January 2017, a huge rooster, thesymbol of Portugal, created by famous Portuguese artistJoana Vasconcelos, was ferried to China fromLisbon to congratulate the Chinese with New Year greetings.[9]
Following World War II, the United Nations expected its member states to relinquish any colonies. Portuguese Prime MinisterAntonio Salazar sought to resist UN pressure to relinquish Macau.[10]: 84 In 1951, the Salazar regime sought to re-characterize Macau not as a colony but as anoverseas province of Portugal, which it viewed as part of a plural-continental but nonetheless unified and indivisible Portuguese state.[10]: 84
After theCarnation Revolution, Portugal began its process ofdecolonization.[11] Over the next several years, Portugal made two offers to return Macau, both of which were rejected by the Chinese government.[10]: 85 In 1979, following the formal establishment of diplomatic relations, the two countries reached a secret agreement to characterise Macau as a "Chinese territory under Portuguese administration".[10]: 85
Relations between Portugal and China began to improve as talks in relation to Macau's future were conducted, and a final agreement was reached, with Macau being returned to Chinese sovereignty in 1999.[4][12] After Macau was returned to China, its ties with Portugal have largely been based on cultural and economic exchanges.[13]
China and Portugal both participated in the multi-lateral groupForum Macao, which China formed in 2003 in order to increase economic and commercial cooperation between China and the Portuguese-speaking countries.[14]: 62
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