Located in the central-western part of Africain, the Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) covers an area of 340,000 km and has a population of 3.86 million, 50 percent of whom believe in primitive religions and the rest are Christians, Muslisms and Catholic. French is the official language. Brazzaville is the national capital. The current president is Denis Sassou-Nguesso.

Since Congo (Brazzaville) established diplomatic relations with China on Feb. 22, 1964, bilateral relations have been growing steadily. Bilateral cooperation in the areas such as politics, the economy, science and technology and culture has become increasingly closer in recent years. President Denis Sassou-Nguesso visited China in 2005. In 2006, Chinese Premier Wen Jiaobao visited the Congo (Brazzaville). Bilateral trade reached 2.423 billion U.S. dollars in 2005.