The legal basis of bilateral relations includes more than 300 documents. In 2016, signed the intergovernmental agreement 2 and 6 of MOU of the meetings of bilateral subcommissions/working groups/commissions.
The main documents that regulate the political relations between Ukraine and China: The Joint Communiqué on the establishment of diplomatic relations between Ukraine and the People’s Republic of China (04.01.92), the Joint Ukrainian-Chinese communiques (31.10.92 and 24.06.95), the Joint (Kyiv) Declaration between Ukraine and the People’s Republic of China (06.09.94), the Declaration on development and intensification of friendship and cooperation between Ukraine and the People’s Republic of China (04.12.95), the Joint Declaration of Ukraine and the People’s Republic of China on friendship and comprehensive cooperation in 21st century (21.07.01), the Joint (Beijing) Declaration of Ukraine and China (18.11.02), the Joint Statement by Ukraine and the People’s Republic of China regarding the comprehensive increase of Ukrainian-Chinese relations of friendship and cooperation (02.09.10), the Basic Directions of the development of relations between Ukraine and the People’s Republic of China for 2010-2012 (02.09.10), the Joint Declaration on the establishment and development of strategic partnership between Ukraine and China (20.06.11) and also Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation between Ukraine and China, Joint Declaration to further deepen the strategic partnership and Program of the development of strategic partnership between Ukraine and China in 2014-2018 years (all three documents – 05.12.2013).
The basic documents of the economic sphere are: the Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of China on trade and economic cooperation (08.08.1992); agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of the P.R.China on encouragement and mutual protection of investments (30.05. 1993); Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of the P.R.China on scientific and technological cooperation (27.04.1992).