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China–Guinea relations refer to the bilateral relations between China and Guinea. China and Guinea established diplomatic relations on October 14, 1959.^[1]^: 345

Economic relations

Radio-Conakry reported that two countries signed a trade agreement worth 3.4 million pounds on 6 February 1971.^[2]

From 2000 to 2011, there were approximately 31 Chinese official development finance projects identified in Guinea through various media reports.^[3] These projects range from the construction of a 150-bed hospital at Kipe in 2008,^[4] to an aid package worth US$5.2 million in 2007.^[5]

Bauxite ore

China is Guinea's chief customer for its principal export, bauxite (aluminum ore), consuming half of Guinea's production, which provides half of China's aluminum (China, in turn, provides half of the world's aluminum). In the 21st century, the relationship has been facilitated by China's ties to President Condé^[6]^[7]

Hong Kong

In June 2020, Guinea was one of 53 countries who backed the Hong Kong national security law at the United Nations.^[8]

Medical cooperation

During the Ebola outbreak in western Africa, Guinea was one of the countries to which China's People's Liberation Army provided medical personnel.^[1]^: 245

References

^ ^a ^b Shinn, David H.; Eisenman, Joshua (2023). China's Relations with Africa: a New Era of Strategic Engagement. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-21001-0.
^ Milutin Tomanović, ed. (1972). Hronika međunarodnih događaja 1971 [The Chronicle of International Events in 1971] (in Serbo-Croatian). Belgrade: Institute of International Politics and Economics. p. 2583.
^ Austin Strange, Bradley C. Parks, Michael J. Tierney, Andreas Fuchs, Axel Dreher, and Vijaya Ramachandran. 2013. China's Development Finance to Africa: A Media-Based Approach to Data Collection. CGD Working Paper 323. Washington DC: Center for Global Development.[1]
^ Strange, Parks, Tierney, Fuchs, Dreher, and Ramachandran, China's Development Finance to Africa: A Media-Based Approach to Data Collection.http://aiddatachina.org/projects/2368
^ Strange, Parks, Tierney, Fuchs, Dreher, and Ramachandran, China's Development Finance to Africa: A Media-Based Approach to Data Collection.http://aiddatachina.org/projects/2360
^ "China Is OK With Interfering in Guinea's Internal Affairs,", September 8, 2021, Foreign Policy retrieved September 9, 2021
^ "A coup in Guinea adds fuel to aluminium's red-hot rally,", September 7, 2021, The Economist, retrieved September 9, 2021
^ Lawler, Dave (2 July 2020). "The 53 countries supporting China's crackdown on Hong Kong". Axios. Retrieved 3 July 2020.