The Dominican Republic, the name means "on Sunday, rest day", derived from Columbus is said to be on a Sunday to the late 15th century, is located in the eastern Caribbean island of hispaniola, west to Haiti, the Caribbean sea in the south, the north Atlantic ocean, the east on the other side of the mona passage with Puerto Rico, with a total area of 48734 square kilometers, santo Domingo, Dominican republic cordillera mountain range in central, north and east three across the country, in the middle of duarte peak 3175 meters above sea level, is the highest mountain in the west Indies, north-central siwa Mr Valley,

There are vast arid desert in the west and southwest of Ricky slightly as the first great lakes, lake is the low land of Latin America, more than 40 meters below the sea surface, the lake in the northern, eastern tropical oceanic climate, southwest subordinate savanna climate, the Dominican originally indians live, in 1492 by the Spanish occupation, established in 1496 by the Spanish santo Domingo for europeans in America's first permanent settlement.

Once belong to France, in 1795-1809 in November 1821, independence, February was occupied by Haiti, on February 27, 1844, once again declared independence, establishment of republic of China, 1861-1865 by the Spanish occupation, ruled by the United States in 1916-1924, 1930-1960 by the rule of the family of trujillo, the morning of May 1, 2018, state councilor and foreign minister wang yi in Beijing with the Dominican foreign minister vargas signed the law of the People's Republic of China and the Dominican republic joint communique on the establishment of diplomatic relations.

The United Nations General Assembly elected the Dominican Republic as a non-permanent member of the Security Council for 2019 and 2020 on June 8, 2018.