Australia and China release trade flows statement

Albanese's second visit to China, where he will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, comes after Canberra began scrutinising Chinese investments in critical minerals and US President Donald Trump shook up the global economy with sweeping import tariffs .

Here is the course of relations between Australia and China in recent years:

November 17, 2014 - Australia has signed a groundbreaking free trade agreement with its largest trading partner , China, completing a decade of negotiations . The agreement will come into force in late 2015 .

December 5, 2017 - Concerned about China's influence , Australia announced a ban on foreign political donations to prevent foreign interference in its own politics .

August 23, 2018 - Australia bans Huawei Technologies from supplying equipment for its planned 5G broadband network, citing national security regulations .

April 2020 - Australia appeals for support for an international investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic . China's then-ambassador to Australia responded to the call by saying the Chinese people would boycott Australian wine, beef, and tourism .

June 9, 2020 - China urged prospective students to think carefully before choosing Australia , citing racist incidents, threatening a $ 27.5 billion market for foreign student education .

August 2020 - Australian citizen Cheng Lei, who hosted a business news program on Chinese state television in Beijing , was detained .

November 27, 2020 - China imposed temporary anti-dumping tariffs on Australian wine . Shipments of live lobster, timber, and barley from Australia were also blocked or restricted during this period. The Chinese Embassy filed 14 complaints with Australia, including 10 allegations of blocking Chinese investments on national security grounds .

May 22, 2022 - The Australian Labor Party, led by Albanese, wins the general election, ending nearly a decade of Conservative rule .

November 15, 2022 - Albanese meets with Xi during the G20 summit in Indonesia . It was the first leaders' meeting since 2016 .

January 3, 2023 - China allows three government-backed utilities and its largest steelmaker to resume coal imports from Australia .

August 5, 2023 - China ends 80.5% tariff on Australian barley .

October 11, 2023 - China releases Australian journalist Cheng Lei after three years in a Beijing prison on national security charges.

October 22, 2023 - China agrees to review 218% dumping tariffs on Australian wine . Australia drops WTO complaint.

November 6-7, 2023 - Albanese, visiting Beijing, told Xi and Premier Li Qiang that the strong trilateral relationship between the two countries would be "beneficial in the future ." Xi said stable bilateral relations serve each other's interests and that both countries should expand cooperation .

January 18, 2024 - Australia has rejected comments by the Chinese ambassador who sought to avoid blaming the Chinese navy for injuries to Australian military divers in an incident near Japan in November .

February 5, 2024 - A Beijing court gives Australian writer Yang Hengjun a suspended death sentence , five years after he was first detained in China on espionage charges and three years after a closed-door trial .