The Convention of Peking (Chinese: 北京條約 Pinyin: Běijīng Tiáoyūe) (October 18, 1860), also known as the First Convention of Peking, was a treaty between the Government of the Qing-Dynasty of China and each of the three European powers, namely the United Kingdom, France, and Russia.

Article 6 of the Convention between China and the United Kingdom stipulated that China was to cede a part of the Kowloon Peninsula, south of the present day Boundary Street, Kowloon, Hong Kong, including the Stonecutter's Island, in perpetuity to Britain.

The treaty also ceded parts of Outer Manchuria to the Russian Empire. It granted Russia the right to the Ussuri krai, a part of the modern day Primorye), the territory that corresponded with the ancient Manchu province of East Tartary.

The Convention was signed as a result of the Second Opium War under military and diplomatic pressure of British and French troops (who were burning the Old Summer Palace at the time). It was considered one of the unequal treaties by the Chinese.

External links

• A timeline of the history of Hong Kong from 1840 to 1999

See also

• History of Hong Kong
• Imperialism in Asia

Imperial Russia | History of Manchuria | Treaties | Unequal Treaties | History of China | Kowloon

Pekinger Konvention | 베이징 조약 | ועידת פקין | Conventie van Peking | 北京条約 | Пекинский договор | 北京条约