On August 9th, 1978, China and Libya established the diplomatic relationship based on a joint communiqué signed by the foreign ministers of both sides. Since then, the bilateral relationship had maintained the developing momentum.

In 1982, the Libyan leader Gaddafi visited China, and in 2002, Chinese President Jiang Zemin visited Libya. And the bilateral visits on the top level have made a great contribution to the development of mutual relationship. Other important bilateral visits also include:

The Chinese side:

2000 Minister of International Department of CPC Central Committee, Dai Bingguo

2001 Foreign Minister, Tang Jiaxuan

2001 Secretary of Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CPC, Wei Jianxing

2003 Vice chairman of the Standing Committee of National People's Congress, Li Tieying

2004 Minister of International Department of CPC Central Committee, Wang Jiarui

2006 Foreign Minister, Li Zhaoxing

The Libyan side:

2000 Foreign Minister, Abdul Rahman Mohamed Shalgam

2001 Secretary of Public and Professional Affairs Committee of the General People's Congress, Abdul Idris Ibrahim

2002 Secretary of Social Affairs Committee of the General People's Congress,

Salem S Abdul Jabar

2002 Secretary of Foreign Affairs Committee of the General People's Congress,

Suleiman S Shahoumi

2005 Secretary of the General People's Committee for Financial and Technical Control,

Mohamed Abdualla Bit-Elmal