Convention for the Lease of the Liaotung Peninsula

The Convention for the Lease of the Liaotung Peninsula (Chinese: 旅大租地條約; Russian: Русско-китайская конвенция), also known as the Pavlov Agreement, is an unequal treaty signed between Alexander Pavlov [ru] of the Russian Empire and Li Hongzhang of the Qing dynasty of China on 27 March 1898. The treaty granted Russia the lease of Port Arthur (Lüshun) and permitted its railway to extend to the port (later South Manchuria Railway) from one of the points of the Chinese Eastern Railway (CER).^[1][2][3][4]

Convention for the Lease of the Liaotung Peninsula

Map of Manchuria, 1901
Signed	27 March 1898; 127 years ago (27 March 1898)
Location	Beijing, Qing dynasty
Signatories	Alexander Pavlov [ru] Li Hongzhang
Parties	Russian Empire Qing dynasty
Languages	Russian Chinese
Full text
Convention for the Lease of the Liaotung Peninsula at Wikisource

See also

• Russian Dalian