Located in the northern part of the African continent, the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya covers an area of 1,760,000 square km and has a population of about 6,090,000l, mostly Arabs. The country's religion is Islam. Arabic is the official language, with English extensively used. Tripoli is the national capital. The current head of state is omar mouammer al gaddafi.

Since Algeria forged diplomatic ties with China on August 9, 1978, the bilateral relationship has been developing smoothly and the two countries have maintained good cooperation in international and regional affairs. Chinese President Jiang Zemin visited Algeria in 2002. Bilateral trade reached nearly 1.3 billion U.S. dollars in 2005.