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Seventy years of diplomatic relations
Economic ties form a major part of the relationship. Egypt’s State Information Service said bilateral trade reached about $20.78 billion in 2025. That compared with roughly $17.37 billion in 2024, representing growth of about 19.6%. China ranks as Egypt’s largest trading partner in non-oil goods. Egyptian exports to China reached $840.8 million during the first half of 2026. Imports from China totaled about $10.4 billion during the same six-month period.
Trade between the two countries reached about $11.3 billion in the first half of 2026. That was up from approximately $9.3 billion a year earlier. Egypt exports products including fuels, mineral oils, vegetables, fruit, cotton and phosphates to China. Chinese investment and contracting activity also extends across several major Egyptian projects. These include developments in the Suez Canal Economic Zone, the New Administrative Capital and electric transport infrastructure serving areas east of Cairo.

Trump and Xi ended Beijing talks after the White House called their meeting good, with trade, Iran and Taiwan still central to ties.

President Xi Jinping received Sheikh Khaled in Beijing as China and the UAE expanded talks on trade, investment, energy cooperation and regional issues.