Kyrgyzstan · Full chronicle and history

On November 3, The Wall Street Journal reported that among approximately 3,500 leaked A7 transactions, Chouzhou Bank appeared most frequently as the receiving bank. In February 2025, a Kyrgyz front company ordered 40,000 kilograms of molybdenum trioxide from a Chinese supplier, with a payment of about $1.5 million wired to an account at the bank. Both the Biden and Trump administrations had internally flagged the bank but did not impose sanctions. Chouzhou Bank stated it has launched an internal investigation, while China opposes unilateral U.S. sanctions.

On September 15, Defense Minister Dong Jun officially met in Beijing with the defense ministers of six countries — Myanmar, Brunei, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, and Armenia — and also met with the Secretary-General of ASEAN.

During his overseas trip, Xi Jinping held talks with the President of Kyrgyzstan, and the two sides discussed bilateral cooperation.

Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov held a welcome ceremony for Xi Jinping at the Palace of Harmony, and Xi greeted the guards in Kyrgyz as he reviewed the honor guard.

During the SCO summit, Xi Jinping held talks with the President of Kyrgyzstan, signing a treaty of friendship as well as cooperation documents in such fields as science and technology, education, humanities, and media.

Xi Jinping arrived in Kyrgyzstan to attend the 2026 Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit and participate in the welcome ceremony and related meetings.

On August 30, Xi Jinping led a delegation by special plane to Central Asia to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, and then planned to visit Kyrgyzstan and Egypt; the trip, according to the official schedule, lasts 5 days.

Xi Jinping visited Kyrgyzstan on August 30, 2026.

Xi Jinping appeared pale, short of breath, and coughing continuously at a welcome ceremony in Kyrgyzstan.

During a visit to Kyrgyzstan, Chinese companies signed agreements with the Kyrgyz side totaling more than 300 million US dollars, and launched a material aid project for Kyrgyzstan.

When a Kyrgyz photojournalist moved close to Xi Jinping to take a picture, on-site security personnel lifted him up and moved him aside.

According to netizen reports, multiple Chinese-funded construction sites in Kyrgyzstan halted work due to the visit, and some Chinese workers were asked to stay in dormitories or designated areas.

From August 30 to September 3, Xi Jinping attended the SCO summit and visited Egypt, and from September 12 to 13 he traveled to New Delhi, India, with Cai Qi, director of the CCP General Office, accompanying him throughout. Reports said he was in poor condition during his stay in India and skipped the formal banquet that evening.

At a Chinese workers' dormitory in Bishkek, capital of Kyrgyzstan, local security guards entered rooms to rob money; after a clash between the two sides, 20 foreigners were detained and face deportation.

The Chinese Communist Party's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on August 26 that Xi Jinping will soon attend the SCO summit in Kyrgyzstan and pay a state visit to Egypt.

Xinhua said that during Xi Jinping's visit to Kyrgyzstan, China and Kyrgyzstan signed more than 20 cooperation documents in various fields; the claim by Kyrgyzstan's official news agency listing more than 30 such documents could not be verified.

Wang Yi and Lavrov discussed China-Russia strategic coordination and the outcomes of the victory in World War II, among other topics; the official press release did not mention Ukraine.

Construction has begun on the first three controlling tunnels of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan Railway within Kyrgyzstan, each of them over ten kilometers long.

On June 6, 2024, China, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan signed the intergovernmental agreement on the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway project in Beijing, and the project broke ground in Kyrgyzstan on December 27 of the same year.