The 5th Round of China-Maldives FTA Negotiations were held in Male, the capital city of Maldives on March 7-9, 2017. The two sides held in-depth talks on some leftover issues concerning trade in goods and relevant rules, trade in service, investment, economic and technological cooperation and legal issues on former basis. Major progress has been made and it has laid a solid basis for the completion of FTA as soon as possible.