In the course of the visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to Egypt on January 20-22, 2016, Egypt and China announced a five-year, multi-sector cooperation agreement. This agreement injected substance into the “comprehensive strategic partnership” formed during President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s trips to China in December 2014 and September 2015. On a symbolic level, Egypt and China also declared 2016 as “the Egyptian-Chinese cultural year.”
