A landlocked country in central-southern Africa,the Republic of Zambia covers an area of 750,000 square km and has a population of 10.55 million. The rural residents are mainly primitive religious believers, and the rest of them are Christian Protestants and Catholic. The official language is English. The national capital is Lusaka. The current president is Levy Patrick Mwanawasa.

Since China and Zambia established the diplomatic relations on Oct. 29, 1964, bilateral relations have been developing smoothly, and great success has been made in bilateral cooperation in the economy, trade and social development.

In 2003, Zambian President Mwanawasa visited China. In 2004, Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), visited Zambia.

Zambia has become a destination country for Chinese citizens and tourist groups. Bilateral trade hit 300 million U.S. dollars in 2005.