Convention of Peking

Convention of Peking

Signing of the treaty by Lord Elgin and Prince Gong
Type	Unequal treaty
Signed	24 October 1860 (Anglo–Chinese) 25 October 1860 (Franco-Chinese) 14 November 1860 (Russo-Chinese)
Location	Beijing, China
Signatories	Prince Gong James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gros Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatyev
Parties	China United Kingdom France Russia

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The Convention of Peking or First Convention of Peking is an agreement comprising three distinct unequal treaties concluded between the Qing dynasty of China and Great Britain, France, and the Russian Empire in 1860.