I. Political Relations and Important Bilateral Exchanges
From July 29 to 30, 2002, at the invitation of Yugoslav Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Li Hui, Acting Director of the Department of Eurasian Affairs of Foreign Ministry, paid a visit to Yugoslavia for department-level consultations between the two foreign ministries. Yugoslav Foreign Minister Goran Svilanovic, and Assistant Acting Foreign Minister Dusan Crnogorcevic respectively met with Li. Director of the Department of Eurasian Affairs of the Yugoslav Foreign Ministry Milisav Paic held talks with him.
On September 3, 2002, Premier Zhu Rongji met with Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica during the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) held in Johannesburg, South Africa.
From October 14 to 16, Assistant to Yugoslav Foreign Minister Dusan Crnogorcevic visited China for regular consultations between the two foreign ministries. Vice Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing and Assistant Foreign Minister Zhou Wenzhong respectively met and held talks with him.
On November 9, 2002, Yugoslav Foreign Minister Goran Svilanovic paid a stopover in Beijing after his visit to the Republic of Korea (ROK). Li Hui, Director of the Department of Eurasian Affairs of Foreign Ministry met him at the airport.
II. Bilateral Economic Relations and Economic and Technical Cooperation
From April 16 to May 2, 2002, at the invitation of Yugoslav Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Vice President Zhong Ming of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) led an economic and trade delegation to Yugoslavia.
From July 29 to August 1, 2002, at the invitation of Yugoslav Ministry of Finance, President of the China Import and Export Bank Yang Zilin led a delegation to Yugoslavia. Yugoslav Vice Prime Minister Miroljub Labus, and Finance Minister, Acting Governor of the Yugoslav Central Bank and President of Vojvodina Bank respectively met with the delegation.
According to statistics from the General Administration of the Customs of China, the trade volume between China and Yugoslavia in 2002 was US$76.09 million, down 21.9 percent from the previous year. Of the total, China's export was US$73.46 million, down 16 percent, and import US$2.63 million, down 73.6 percent.
III. Bilateral Cultural Exchanges and Exchanges in Other Fields
From February 25 to March 4, 2002, at the invitation of the International Liaison Department of the CPC Central Committee, the Yugoslav delegation led by Zarko Rakcevic, Vice Prime Minister of the Republic of Montenegro, Yugoslavia, and Former Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Montenegro, paid a visit to China. Vice Chairwoman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) He Luli met with the delegation. Deputy Head of the International Liaison Department of the CPC Central Committee Ma Wenjin held talks with the delegation. In addition to the visit in Beijing, the delegation also visited Guangzhou and Shunde.
From March 4 to 15, 2002, at the invitation of the All-China Journalists' Association, Budimir Simonovic, Chairman of the Yugoslav Journalists' Association, led a delegation to visit China. Chairman Shao Huaze, Chairman of the All-China Journalists' Association, met with the delegation. In addition to the visit in Beijing, the delegation also paid a visit to Shanghai and Hangzhou.
From May 15 to 22, 2002, at the invitation of the International Liaison Department of the CPC Central Department, Pavic Obradovic, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Yugoslav Social Democratic Party, led a delegation to China for a visit. Cai Wu, Deputy Head of the International Liaison Department of the CPC Central Committee, met with the delegation. The delegation also visited Shanghai after its visit in Beijing.
From September 27 to October 10, 2002, the delegation from the Chinese Writers Association paid a visit to Yugoslavia according to the cooperation agreement between the two countries' writers associations. The visit brought the Chinese delegation to Belgrade, Novisad, Montenegro, Cetinje, and Kotor, in Yugoslavia.
From October 20 to 25, at the invitation of the Association for International Understanding of China, Vojislav Seselj, Chairman of Yugoslav Extremist Democratic Party of Serbia, led a delegation to China for a visit. Ma Wenjin, Deputy Head of the International Liaison Department of the CPC Central Committee, and Li Chengren, Executive President of the Association for International Understanding of China, respectively met with the delegation. In addition to a visit in Beijing, the delegation also paid a visit to Shanghai.
From November 27 to 30, 2002, Zhang Fenglou, a senior consultant to the Ministry of Health, led a Chinese delegation to visit Yugoslavia. Yugoslav Assistant Foreign Minister Vuk Zugic met with the delegation. Yugoslav Acting Minister of Health Milos Knezevic, Serbian Health Minister Tomica Milosavjevic, and Health Minister of the Republic of Montenegro Zarko Micovic respectively held talks with the delegation.
In 2002, there were five Yugoslav students and four teachers in China. In the same year, 13 Chinese students studied and two teachers worked in Yugoslavia.
IV. Bilateral Military exchanges
From October 12 to 17, 2002, Wen Zongren, Commissar of the Chinese Academy of Military Sciences, headed a delegation to visit Yugoslavia. Radomir Ristic, Yugoslav Vice Defense Minister, and Lieutenant General Branko Krga, Acting Chief of General Staff, respectively met with the Chinese delegation.
Note: the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was named as Serbia and Montenegro on Febeuary 4, 2003.
