March 1999

Wu Yi, State Councillor of China

September 2000

Official Visit by Li Peng, the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the PRC National People's Congress, to Riga.

25-28 July 2001

Cai Wu, Deputy Director of the International Division of the CPC

August 2001 

Delegations from Suzhou and Beijing to Riga, on the occasion of the Riga 800^th anniversary celebrations

11-15 September 2001

Delegation of Chinese government officials headed by Tian Zengpei, Chairman of Foreign Affairs Committee of CPPCC National Committee, to mark the 10^th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations with Latvia

April 2002

Liu Guchang, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of China; visit and political consultations

10-12 June 2002

State visit to Latvia by Jiang Zemin, President of the PRC, as part of the visit to the three Baltic states.

25 - 29 August 2003

Delegation of the China State General Administration of Sports

2004

Delegations of the Chinese-Latvian parliamentary Friendship Group, the China Friendship Society, the Xinjiang autonomous region, and businessmen of Harbin

19 August 2005

Li Zhaoxing, Chinese Foreign Minister

23-25 August 2005

Meeting of the Latvia-China Joint Economic and Trade Co-operation Committee in Riga

26-27 September

A working visit to Riga by Carrie Lam, Director General of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London

23-24 February 2006

Gao Jian, Director of External Security Department of the MFA of China, to Riga

21-22 April 2006

Meng Xiaosi, Vice-Minister of Culture of the People's Republic of China. Culture co-operation programme between Latvia and China discussed

11 May 2006

A friendship visit to the Saeima by the Delegation of the Parliament of Hubei Province, a meeting with MPs from Economic, Agricultural, Environmental, and Regional Development Commissions

11-13 June 2006

The Chinese People's Liberation Army delegation, led by Major General Qian Lihua, Vice-Director of the Foreign Affairs Office of China's Ministry of Defence. Meeting with Edgars Rinkevics, State Secretary of the Ministry of Defence, and other officials of the MoD

19-22 June 2006

Delegation led by Cen Furong, Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce of Shanghai; meeting with Normans Penke, State Secretary of the MFA, and Janis Leja, Director General of the CTI of Latvia.

21 August 2006

Wang Guoqing, Vice-Minister of the State Council Information Office of the PRC, with a delegation; a meeting with Artis Pabriks, Foreign Minister, Janis Holsteins, Director-General of the Latvia Television, Ojars Kalnins, Director of the Latvian Institute, and the editorial board of newspaper Diena.

30-31 August 2006

Margaret Chan, the Chinese candidate to the position of the Director-General of the World Health Organisation; meeting with Gundars Berzins, the Minister of Health and Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis.

3-6 June 2007

Delegation of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, headed by Chen Haosu: 18 participants from municipalities of Chinese provinces of Guangdong, Hunan, Hainan, Henan, and municipal companies Seventy Chemical Co Ltd, Hunan Xiangxi, and Hainan Haikou Gas Management Corp. Meetings in the Saeima with MPs from the group for co-operation with the Parliament of China, meetings at the Latvian Investment and Development Agency (LIAA), the Latvian Chamber of trade and Industry (LTRK), and Kuldiga municipality.

11-12 September 2007

Zhou Xiaochuan, Governor of the Bank of China; meeting with Ilmars Rimsevics, Governor of the Bank of Latvia, discussions on issues of macro-economic processes' management under rapid economic growth.

15-18 September 2007

Chinese tibetologists; meeting at the University of Latvia and the Saeima with Parliamentary Friendship Group and Parliamentary Tibet Support Group. 

25-27 September 2007

Delegation of Anhui province government upon invitation of the Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA); meetings with representatives of the Ministry of Economics. Presentations attended on investment environment and food industry in Latvia.

22-25 October 2007

Chen Xiaohong, Vice-Minister of Health upon invitation by Vinets Veldre, Latvian Minister of Health; agreement signed on co-operation with the Ministry of Health.