List of treaties of China (1689-1949)

List of treaties of China (1689-1949) is a list of treaties that have been negotiated, signed and/or ratified by China, including the Qing dynasty and the Republic of China between 1689 and 1949. The treaty as a legal document in international law can describe either a specific international instrument or a general category of such instruments of agreement. This list includes the most important examples of both formal treaties and other agreements between China and other nations in this period.

Qing dynasty

#	Year	Date	Name	Location	Chinese name	Other party	Status	Note
1	1689	Sep 7	Treaty of Nerchinsk	Nerchinsk	尼布楚條約	Russia		First treaty signed by the Qing dynasty Concluded the Sino-Russian border conflicts
2	1727	Oct 21	Treaty of Kiakhta	Kyakhta	恰克圖界約	Russia		Also included 布連斯奇界約 (signed on Sep 1), 阿巴哈依圖界約 (Oct 24), and 色楞額界約 (Nov 8)
3	1739		Treaty with the Dzungar Khanate			Dzungar Khanate		Ceasefire during the Dzungar–Qing Wars
4	1768	Oct 30	Convention of Kyakhta or Addendum to the Treaty of Kiakhta	Kyakhta	修改恰克圖界約第十條	Russia		Modifying Article X of the Treaty of Kiakhta
5	1769	Dec 13	Agreement with Burma	Kaungton	中緬臨時和約	Burma	Repudiated by both sides	Tentative agreement following the Sino-Burmese War
6	1792	Feb 20	Kyakhta International Protocol	Kyakhta	恰克圖市約	Russia
7	1835		Agreement with the Kokand Khanate		中國—浩罕協定	Kokand Khanate
8	1841	Jan 20	Convention of Chuenpi	Humen	穿鼻條約	United Kingdom	Repudiated by both sides	Tentative agreement during the First Opium War
9	1842	Aug 29	Treaty of Nanking	Nanjing	南京條約/江寧條約	United Kingdom		Concluded the First Opium War
10	1842	Sep 17	Treaty of Chushul	Leh	楚舒勒條約	Sikh Empire		Concluded the Dogra–Tibetan war (Sino-Sikh war)
11	1843	Oct 8	Treaty of the Bogue	Humen	虎門條約	United Kingdom		Supplemented the Treaty of Nanking
12	1844	Jul 3	Treaty of Wanghia	Macau	望廈條約	United States		First treaty between China and the United States
13	1844	Oct 24	Treaty of Whampoa	Huangpu	黃埔條約	France		First treaty between China and France
14	1846	Apr 4	Guangzhou Convention	Human	英軍退還舟山條約	United Kingdom
15	1847	Mar 20	Treaty of Canton	Guangzhou	中瑞挪廣州條約	Sweden/Norway		First treaty between China and Sweden/Norway
16	1851	Aug 6	Treaty of Kulja	Yining	伊犁塔爾巴哈臺通商章程	Russia		First treaty between China and Russia in the 19th century
17	1856	Mar 24	Treaty of Thapathali	Kathmandu	藏尼條約	Nepal		Concluded the Nepal–Tibet War
18	1858	May 28	Treaty of Aigun	Aigun	璦琿條約	Russia	Not ratified by China	During the Second Opium War
19	1858	Jun 13	Treaty of Tientsin	Tianjin	中俄天津條約	Russia		During the Second Opium War
20	1858	Jun 18	Treaty of Tientsin	Tianjin	中美天津條約	United States		During the Second Opium War
21	1858	Jun 26	Treaty of Tientsin	Tianjin	中英天津條約	United Kingdom		During the Second Opium War
22	1858	Jun 27	Treaty of Tientsin	Tianjin	中法天津條約	France		During the Second Opium War
23	1860	Oct 24	Convention of Peking	Beijing	中英北京條約	United Kingdom		Concluded the Second Opium War
24	1860	Oct 25	Convention of Peking	Beijing	中法北京條約	France		Concluded the Second Opium War
25	1860	Nov 14	Convention of Peking	Beijing	中俄北京條約	Russia		Confirmed the terms in the Treaty of Aigun
26	1861	Sep 2	Treaty with Germany	Tianjin	中德通商條約	Prussia		Following the Eulenburg expedition
27	1863	Jul 13	Treaty with Denmark	Tianjin	中丹天津條約	Denmark
28	1864	Oct 7	Treaty of Tarbagatai	Tacheng	中俄勘分西北界約記/塔城界約	Russia
29	1868	Jul 28	Burlingame Treaty	Washington, D.C.	中美天津條約續增條款	United States
30	1869	Oct 23	Alcock Convention	Beijing	中英新修條約	United Kingdom	Not ratified by the U.K.
31	1871	Sep 13	Sino-Japanese Friendship and Trade Treaty	Tianjin	中日修好條規	Japan		First treaty between China and the Empire of Japan
32	1874	Oct 31	Instrument settling Ryukyu-Taiwan affair	Beijing	中日北京專條	Japan
33	1876	Sep 13	Chefoo Convention	Zhifu	煙臺條約	United Kingdom	Ratified in 1885
34	1879	Oct 2	Treaty of Livadia	Livadia	里瓦幾亞條約	Russia	Repudiated by China	Replaced by the Treaty of Saint Petersburg
35	1880	Mar 31	Supplementary Convention with Germany	Beijing	中德續修條約	Germany
36	1880	Nov 17	Angell Treaty of 1880	Beijing	中美續修條約	United States
37	1881	Feb 24	Treaty of Saint Petersburg	Saint Petersburg	中俄伊犁條約/改訂條約	Russia
38	1882	Oct 1	China–Korea Treaty of 1882	Tianjin	中朝商民水陸貿易章程	Joseon		First treaty between China and Joseon in the 19th century
39	1882	Oct 29	Sino-Russian boundary treaty	Yining	中俄伊犁界約	Russia
40	1885	Apr 18	Convention of Tientsin	Tianjin	中日天津會議專條	Japan		Following the Gapsin Coup in Joseon
41	1885	Jun 9	Treaty of Tianjin	Tianjin	中法新約/中法會訂越南條款	France		Following the Sino-French War and recognized the French rule in Vietnam
42	1886	Jul 24	Convention concerning Burma & Tibet	Beijing	中英緬甸條款	United Kingdom		Recognized the British annexation of Burma
43	1886	Apr 25	Convention of Tianjin	Tianjin	中法越南邊界通商章程	France
44	1887	Dec 1	Sino-Portuguese Treaty of Peking	Beijing	中葡和好通商條約	Portugal		Recognized the Portugal colonial rights in Macao
45	1887	Jun 26	Convention of Beijing	Beijing	中法續議界務專條	France
46	1887	Jun 26	Additional Commercial Convention	Beijing	中法續議商務專條	France
47	1890	Mar 17	Convention of Calcutta	Kolkata	中英藏印條約	United Kingdom		Recognized the British control over Sikkim
48	1893	Dec 5	Relating to Sikkim and Tibet of 1890	Darjeeling	中英藏印續約	United Kingdom
49	1894	Mar 17	Gresham-Yang Treaty	Washington, D.C.	限禁來美華工保護寓美華人條約	United States	Withdrawal of China in 1904
50	1895	Apr 17	Treaty of Shimonoseki	Shimonoseki	馬關條約	Japan		Following the First Sino-Japanese War
51	1895	Jun 20	Additional Commercial Articles 1895	Beijing	中法續議商務專條附章	France
52	1896	Jun 3	Li–Lobanov Treaty	Saint Petersburg	中俄密約/禦敵互相援助條約	Russia	Secret treaty
53	1898	Mar 6	Treaty with Germany concerning Kiaochow Bay	Beijing	中德膠澳租界條約	Germany		For the Kiautschou Bay Leased Territory
54	1898	Mar 27	Convention for the Lease of the Liaotung Peninsula	Beijing	旅大租地條約	Russia		For the Kwantung Leased Territory
55	1898	Jul 6	Treaty on South Manchurian Railway	Saint Petersburg	東省鐵路公司續約合同	Russia
56	1898	Jun 9	Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory	Beijing	展拓香港界址專條	United Kingdom		For the lease of the New Territories
57	1899	Nov 16	Treaty of Kwangchow Wan	Guangzhou Bay	廣州灣租界條約	France		For the Leased Territory of Guangzhouwan
58	1899	Jul 29	Hague Convention of 1899	The Hague	海牙公約	Various countries		Negotiated at international peace conferences
59	1901	Sep 7	Boxer Protocol	Beijing	辛丑條約/各國和約	11 countries		Concluded the Boxer Rebellion's defeat by the Eight-Nation Alliance
60	1902	Apr 8	Convention with regard to Manchuria	Beijing	交收東三省條約	Russia
61	1902	Sep 5	Mackay Treaty	Shanghai	中英續議通商行船條約	United Kingdom
62	1903	Oct 8	Treaty of Shanghai	Shanghai	中美通商行船續約	United States
63	1904	Sep 7	Convention of Lhasa	Lhasa	拉薩條約	United Kingdom	Not signed by China	Following the British expedition to Tibet
64	1904	Dec 21	Hague Convention on Hospital Ships	The Hague	關於戰時醫院船免稅的公約	Various countries		Supplemented the Hague Convention of 1899
65	1905	Dec 22	Treaty with regard to Manchuria	Beijing	中日會議東三省事宜條約	Japan		Following the Russo-Japanese War
66	1906	Apr 27	Convention Between Great Britain and China Respecting Tibet	Beijing	中英續訂藏印條約	United Kingdom		Concluded the British expedition to Tibet
67	1907	Oct 18	Hague Convention of 1907	The Hague	海牙公約	Various countries		Negotiated at international peace conferences
68	1908	Apr 20	Treaty on Tibet Trade	Kolkata	中英修訂藏印通商章程	United Kingdom
69	1909	Sep 4	Gando Convention	Beijing	圖們江中韓界務條款	Japan
70	1911	May 8	Treaty Concerning Opium	Beijing	中英禁煙條件	United Kingdom
71	1911	Dec 20	Treaty of Manzhouli	Qiqihar	滿洲里界約	Russia	Not ratified by China

Republic of China

#	Year	Date	Name	Location	Chinese name	Other party	Status	Note
1	1914	Jul 3	Simla Convention	Simla	西姆拉條約	Tibet, United Kingdom	Not signed by China
2	1915	Jan 18	Twenty-One Demands		二十一條	Japan	Largely accepted by China
3	1915	May 29	Treaty of Kyakhta	Kyakhta	中俄蒙協約	Mongolia, Russia
4	1918	May 16/19	Sino-Japanese Joint Defence Agreement	Beijing	中日共同防敵軍事協定	Japan		Following China's entry into the World War I
5	1919	Jun 28	Treaty of Versailles	Versailles	凡爾賽條約	Various countries	Not signed by China	Concluded the World War I
6	1922	Feb 6	Nine-Power Treaty	Washington, D.C.	九國公約	8 countries		Following the Washington Naval Conference
7	1924	May 31	Sino-Soviet agreement of 1924	Beijing	中蘇解決懸案大綱協定	Soviet Union
8	1925	Jun 17	Geneva Protocol	Geneva	日內瓦議定書	Various countries
9	1928		Treaty Concerning Tariff Regulation		關稅條約	Various countries	Signed separately for each country
10	1933	May 31	Tanggu Truce	Tanggu	塘沽協定	Japan		Following the Japanese invasion of Manchuria
11	1935	Jun 10	He–Umezu Agreement	Beijing	何梅協定	Japan
12	1935	Jun 27	Qin–Doihara Agreement	Beijing	秦土協定	Japan		Following the North Chahar incident
13	1937	Aug 21	Sino-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact	Nanjing	中蘇互不侵犯條約	Soviet Union		During the Second Sino-Japanese War
14	1943	Jan 11	Sino-American Treaty abolition of extraterritoriality	Washington, D.C.	關於取消美國在華治外法權及處理有關問題之條約	United States		During the World War II
15	1943	Jan 11	Sino-British Treaty abolition of extraterritoriality	Chongqing	關於取消英國在華治外法權及其有關特權條約	United Kingdom		During the World War II
16	1945	Jun 26	Charter of the United Nations	San Francisco	聯合國憲章	Various countries		Foundational treaty of the United Nations
17	1945	Aug 14	Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Alliance	Moscow	中蘇友好同盟條約	Soviet Union		At the end of the World War II
18	1945	Oct 10	Double Tenth Agreement	Chongqing	雙十協定	Chinese Communist Party		At the end of the World War II
19	1946	Nov 4	Sino-American Treaty of Commerce & Navigation	Nanjing	中美友好通​​商航海條約	United States
20	1947	Apr 18	Sino-Philippine Treaty of Amity	Manila	中菲友好條約	Philippines

See also

• Unequal treaty
• List of treaties
• List of Chinese treaty ports
• Century of humiliation
• Western imperialism in Asia

Bibliography

• 王鐵崖 (1957). 中外舊約章彙編. 生活・讀書・新知三联书店.

External links

• 晚清中外条约作准文本探析
• 中華民國條約協定資料庫