Battles & Campaigns · 1871
Sino-Japanese Friendship and Trade Treaty
Tianjin, China
What happened
Date Munenari for Japan and Li Hongzhang for Qing China signed the treaty. It set trade rules and the legal rights of each country's consuls.
Why it matters
Why it matters: It was the first treaty between Japan and the Qing dynasty. It also set trade tariffs between the two countries.
What came next
It stayed in force until the First Sino-Japanese War, after which the Treaty of Shimonoseki replaced it.
Did you know?
Date Munenari had been a feudal lord, ordered into retirement in 1858, before returning as a Meiji statesman.
Timeline
- 1873The treaty is ratified.
- 1892Date Munenari dies.