China-Pakistan 75 Years of Friendship: Unique bond

On 21 May 1951, Pakistan became the first Muslim-majority state to recognize the People’s Republic of China, formally establishing diplomatic relations less than two years after the PRC’s founding Seventy-five years later, the relationship is described in both capitals as an All-Weather Strategic Cooperative Partnership and, since 2026, as a Community with a Shared Future in the New Era.