On 30 Oct. 2022, China’s legislature, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, ratified the “Treaty between the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of the Congo on Judicial Assistance in Criminal Matters” (中华人民共和国和刚果共和国关于刑事司法协助的条约), which was signed by representatives of the People’s Republic of China in Beijing on 5 July 2016.