To Estonia

• 2020 – Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Qin Gang
• 2019 – Minister of Culture and Tourism Luo Shugang
• 2019 – Vice Minister of Agriculture Wu Hongyao
• 2019 – Vice Minister of Customs Zhang Jiwen
• 2017 – Vice Minister of Human Resources and Social Security Zhang Yizhen
• 2017 – Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli
• 2016 – Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Liu Haixing

To China

• 2019 – Minister of Rural Affairs Mart Järvik
• 2019 – Minister of Rural Affairs Mart Järvik
• 2018 – Minister of Entrepreneurship Rene Tammist
• 2018 – Minister of Rural Affairs Tarmo Tamm
• 2018 – President of the Republic Kersti Kaljulaid
• 2018 – Chairman of the Riigikogu Eiki Nestor
• 2016 – Minister of Rural Affairs Urmas Kruuse
• 2016 – Minister of Culture Indrek Saar

• Agreement on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters (entered into force on 31 March 2011).
• Agreement on maritime transport (entered into force on 18 December 2008).
• Agreement on civil aviation (entered into force on 3 January 2000). Renewed agreement signed in Tallinn on 26 October 2019, approved by the Government on 5 March 2020.
• Agreement on the avoidance of double taxation and on the prevention of fiscal evasion (entered into force on 8 January 1999); amendment to the agreement entered into force on 18 December 2015.
• Estonia–China Joint Declaration (entered into force on 13 June 1994).
• Agreement on the promotion and protection of investments (entered into force on 1 June 1994).
• Agreement on cooperation in the fields of culture, education, and research (entered into force on 3 September 1993).
• Agreement on trade and economic cooperation (entered into force on 14 April 1993).
• Agreement on scientific and technical cooperation (entered into force on 20 April 1992).
• Agreements with Hong Kong and Macao
• Agreement on the avoidance of double taxation between Estonia and Hong Kong (entered into force on 18 December 2019)
• Visa waiver agreement between Estonia and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (entered into force on 30 July 2001).
• Visa waiver agreement between Estonia and the Macao Special Administrative Region (entered into force on 29 July 2001).

Economic relations between China and Estonia are stable and form part of the overall economic relationship between the EU and China. The main areas of cooperation are in trade, including e-commerce, logistics, industrial production, and investment.

For more details on the trade in goods with China, see the Statistics Estonia application.

From 2012 to 2022, Estonia participated in the cooperation format between Central and Eastern European countries and China known as 16 + 1. On 11 August 2022, Estonia decided to withdraw from this format. Estonia also decided not to renew the intergovernmental Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation within the Framework of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road Initiative (Belt and Road Initiative, BRI). This memorandum expired on 27 November 2022.

The agreement on transnational cooperation in the fields of culture, education, and research entered into force on 3 September 1993 and since 1998, biennial implementation programmes have been concluded to implement the agreement. At the same time, cultural exchanges between Estonia and China are not limited to contractual relations: Chinese restaurants have gained popularity in Estonia. There are also organisations that bring together people interested in Chinese culture and heritage.

Within the framework of scientific cooperation, Estonia and the Chinese Academy of Sciences signed a memorandum of cooperation in May 2000, signed by the then President of the Estonian Academy of Sciences Jüri Engelbrecht and his Chinese counterpart, the President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Lu Yongxiang.

Estonian music in China is promoted mainly by the foundation Eesti Kontsert. For example, the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, the Estonian National Male Choir, the a cappella vocal ensemble Estonian Voices, and others have performed in China on several occasions. In addition, the foundation signed a three-year cooperation agreement with the Shanghai Arts Festival in October 2017.

In August 2018, the first pan-Chinese Robotex event, initiated by Estonians, was held in Shanghai. It proved so successful that a year later, Robotex Asia, a robotics competition involving teams from different Asian countries, was organised in Shanghai. Participants from 10 countries, with a total of 3,280 competitors, took part in the event, the best of whom went on to take part in Robotex in Tallinn.

In September 2010, the Confucius Institute was opened at Tallinn University. In the 2018/2019 academic year, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean are the main Asian languages taught in Estonian general education.

Estonian-language curricula are available at the Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU) and the Beijing International Studies University (BISU). Estonian is also taught in the high school under BISU.