Jia Qinglin, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, arrived in Hungary on Wednesday for an official goodwill visit.
The visit, second leg of Jia's tour to the four European countries of Romania, Hungary, Slovenia and Croatia, is of vital importance for China's key diplomatic activities this year.
Following is a brief introduction to Hungary and its bilateral relations with China.
Located on Danube River Basin in Central Europe, Hungary is a landlocked country which is bound by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east, Croatia to the south as well as Slovenia and Austria to the west. It has an area of 93,030 square kilometers.
Hungary has a continental climate with considerable differences between summer and winter conditions, and rapid transitions from one season to another. In the capital city of Budapest, the average annual temperature ranges from 4 minus to 1 degree Celsiusin January from 16 to 28 degree Celsius in July.
The Magyars or Hungarians, the leading ethnic majority in the nation, account for more than 90 percent of the 10-million population. The remainder are ethnic minorities of Slovaks, Romanian Gypsies and other Slav groups.
The official language is Hungarian, although English and German are taught in schools as secondary languages.
Hungary recognized the People's Republic of China on October 4,1949, and the two countries established diplomatic relations two days later.
Since then, the two countries have witnessed an all-round development of their friendly relations. Their leader have had frequent exchanges of visits, exchanges in different forms and various areas have constantly expanded and the friendship between the two peoples further deepened.
Bilateral trade between the two countries have increased rapidly in recent years with trade volume soaring to 6.23 billion U.S. dollars in 2007, representing 56.2 percent of increase over the previous year.
Source: Xinhua
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