Germany → China
This score represents Germany's relationship toward China. The reverse direction is calculated separately and shown alongside it.
SIX-COMPONENT MODEL
Current component scores
Component values run from −100 to +100 and are combined with the published weights.
No reviewed evidence met this component’s scoring threshold.
Why this score?
The model starts every component at zero. No documented condition or active event currently changes this one.
Coverage gap: The reviewed 2015 German record documents strategic dialogue but no frozen v1 Security rule matched Germany's non-allied posture toward China.
6 documented factors produce the +52 diplomacy assessment.
Why this score?
- +20Chancellor's visit advances bilateral cooperationBaseline rule · 2015
The leaders used Chancellor Merkel's eighth official China visit to advance the bilateral innovation partnership and conclude practical agreements.
- +10Standing diplomatic and security dialogueBaseline rule · 2015
The first foreign-policy and security strategic dialogue added to a dense architecture of recurring government channels.
- +35Comprehensive strategic partnership remains the bilateral frameworkBaseline rule · 2015
Both governments continued to implement the comprehensive strategic partnership and its broad intergovernmental action framework.
- -25Germany adopts a partner, competitor and systemic-rival strategyActive event · 2023
Germany's China strategy seeks continued cooperation while reducing unilateral dependencies and responding to security and rules-based-order concerns.
- +10Leader visit reopens regular consultationsActive event · 2026
The governments agree to resume consultations and deepen practical cooperation while openly acknowledging continuing trade and security disagreements.
- +2.5Intergovernmental consultations renew cooperationActive event · 2023
The premiers and twenty-two departments agree new cooperation on climate, industry, finance, education and other fields.
5 documented factors produce the +42 economic assessment.
Why this score?
- +15Institutional innovation and economic cooperationBaseline rule · 2015
The visit advanced the government-backed innovation partnership and produced documented commercial and policy outcomes.
- +35Bilateral trade thresholdBaseline rule · 2015
Reported trade activates the absolute methodology route using the latest observation available for this year.
- -20Germany adopts a partner, competitor and systemic-rival strategyActive event · 2023
Germany's China strategy seeks continued cooperation while reducing unilateral dependencies and responding to security and rules-based-order concerns.
- +10Leader visit reopens regular consultationsActive event · 2026
The governments agree to resume consultations and deepen practical cooperation while openly acknowledging continuing trade and security disagreements.
- +1.9Intergovernmental consultations renew cooperationActive event · 2023
The premiers and twenty-two departments agree new cooperation on climate, industry, finance, education and other fields.
3 documented factors produce the -9 alignment assessment.
Why this score?
- +10Cooperation across international security questionsBaseline rule · 2015
The governments committed to joint work on Afghanistan, Syria, UN peacekeeping, Africa and other consequential multilateral issues.
- -20Germany adopts a partner, competitor and systemic-rival strategyActive event · 2023
Germany's China strategy seeks continued cooperation while reducing unilateral dependencies and responding to security and rules-based-order concerns.
- +1.3Intergovernmental consultations renew cooperationActive event · 2023
The premiers and twenty-two departments agree new cooperation on climate, industry, finance, education and other fields.
1 documented factor produce the +15 disputes assessment.
Why this score?
- +15Durable cooperative bilateral orderBaseline rule · 2015
The comprehensive strategic partnership records no active bilateral territorial claim and manages differences through extensive standing institutions.
3 documented factors produce the +26 societal assessment.
Why this score?
- +20National education and cultural exchangeBaseline rule · 2015
The bilateral framework expands education, language, research, youth and cultural programmes at national scale.
- +5Leader visit reopens regular consultationsActive event · 2026
The governments agree to resume consultations and deepen practical cooperation while openly acknowledging continuing trade and security disagreements.
- +1.3Intergovernmental consultations renew cooperationActive event · 2023
The premiers and twenty-two departments agree new cooperation on climate, industry, finance, education and other fields.
+26 in 2015 → +19 in 2026
The change is generated from sourced events and frozen scoring rules, not retrospective editorial adjustment.
3 points
Germany → China and China → Germany remain independent assessments.
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Events affecting the current score
Germany adopts a partner, competitor and systemic-rival strategy
Germany's China strategy seeks continued cooperation while reducing unilateral dependencies and responding to security and rules-based-order concerns.
Leader visit reopens regular consultations
The governments agree to resume consultations and deepen practical cooperation while openly acknowledging continuing trade and security disagreements.
Intergovernmental consultations renew cooperation
The premiers and twenty-two departments agree new cooperation on climate, industry, finance, education and other fields.
This analytical score is not an objective fact, endorsement or prediction. Confidence reflects evidence coverage, while incomplete or unavailable observations remain explicit. Differences below 5 points are treated as practical ties rather than a meaningful ranking.
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