One more year, Correos launches an issue together with another country, this time with China, as it already happened in 2019.
Since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1973, successive Spanish governments have promoted relations with China and adopted a sympathetic attitude, emphasized by the maintenance of economic cooperation.
The profile of the Asian country in Spain's foreign policy has increased, as has the institutionalization of bilateral relations.
Trade exchanges have increased significantly since China's entry into the World Trade Organization, to the point of becoming Spain's main supplier.
China is currently Spain's largest trading partner outside the European Union, and Spain is China's fifth largest trading partner within the European Union. More than 200,000 Chinese live in major Spanish cities.
Since 1965, Spain has been carrying out joint issues, through Correos, with postal administrations of other countries.
Two stamps reproduce two natural lagoons, one in Spain and the other in China, in which birds are the main protagonists.
The Fuente de Piedra Lagoon is the largest in Andalusia and offers a privileged environment for the breeding of the pink flamingo, as well as being a wintering and passage area for many other birds. Flamingo nesting is one of the most enriching phenomena of the annual cycle of this wetland.
Hengshui Lake is the second largest freshwater lake in northern China, occupying a total area of 75 square kilometers south of Hengshui City. Its waters are home to many birds, including red-crowned cranes, swans, pelicans, wild geese and gulls. At present, it has become a reserve.
