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| 1994, Jan |
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| China signed a pact with the U.S. setting trade quotas and agreeing to periodic inspections of Chinese companies. China also promised to make an effort at improving human rights, releasing two Tibetan dissidents who were arrested in May 1993. | 1 |
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| May 26 |
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| U.S. president Clinton granted most favored nation trading status to China despite its alleged continued record of human rights violations. Clinton said that China ended prisoner-made exports to the U.S. and freed dissidents' family members to leave the country, allowing the U.S. to make this move, which economists applauded. | 2 |
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| Sept. 2–5 |
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| Chinese president Jiang Zemin visited Russia, signing a pact with Yeltsin to alleviate tensions remaining between the two countries in hopes of allowing for future economic and political cooperation. | 3 |
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| Nov. 14 |
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| The Chinese government banned the sex-screening of fetuses. | 4 |
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