August 24, 1992 (, Ren Shen on July 26), China and South Korea established formal diplomatic relations. Yang Shangkun







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Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qian Qichen, Beijing signed a joint communique on the establishment of the diplomatic relations with South Korean Foreign Minister Lee Sang-ok.
Korea, the full name of the Republic of Korea. Located in the northeast of the Asian continent, the southern half of the Korean Peninsula. An area of ​​99,237 square kilometers. Population of 44,850,000 (July 1, 1995), a single nation for the Korean national. The official language is Korean. Some residents believe in Buddhism, Christianity. Seoul, the capital. The scarcity of mineral resources. Only iron, anthracite coal, lead, zinc, tungsten and other reserves. Major industrial raw materials, fuel imported. Since the 1980s, and vigorously develop foreign economic and trade, improve the export-oriented economic system, the rapid economic development, which is known as one of Asia's "Four Little Dragons". GNP per capita of $ 10,076 (1995). The main crops are rice, barley, wheat. The major industrial sectors such as steel, automobile, shipbuilding, electronics, textile. The automobile production ranks ninth in the world. The electronics industry is also at the leading position in the world. Exports of industrial machinery, electronics, petrochemical products, textiles; imports of crude oil, coal, coke, raw sugar, aluminum, timber, chemical puree. Transportation is more developed. 1st century AD formation Korea, Baekje, Silla three feudal state. The mid-7th century Silla unified the southern peninsula. In the 10th century, Korea off Silla. In the late 14th century, the Yi Dynasty replaced Goryeo change the country for the DPRK. Reduced to a colony of Japan in August 1910. August 15, 1945 liberation. At the same time, the Soviet Union and the United States is bounded by the latitude 38 �� were stationed in the northern half of the South half. August 15, 1948 to the establishment of the Republic of Korea, known as the First Republic. National Day, October 3 (Statehood Day), to commemorate the founding king Dangun Korean mythology. Into the Sixth Republic in February 1988. Kim Young-sam any 14th president in 1993. Former South Korean President Kim Young-sam's Birthday "target =" _blank "> Kim after his inauguration, advocates should achieve world of diplomacy, multilateral and diversified, regional cooperation and the future, to international peace, arms control, and eradication of poverty, environmental protection and rational use of resources to contribute to the establishment of diplomatic relations with China on August 24, 1992.
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The Seoul Olympic Center
Seoul (later renamed Seoul)
Busan City at night