At the invitation of President of the People’s Republic of China Jiang Zemin, Heydar Aliyev paid an official visit to China on March 7-10, 1994. During the visit, Heydar Aliyev and Jiang Zemin signed a joint statement on the development of friendly relations between the two countries. Further, seven important documents on flights, scientific-technical and cultural cooperation, medicine, radio and television, tourism, promotion and mutual protection of investments were signed between Azerbaijan and China.
Heydar Aliyev visited Beijing and Shanghai, delivered a speech at Beijing Academy of Social Sciences, was to the Great China Wall. The visit gave an impetus to the improvement of relations between Azerbaijan and China.