The war was concluded by the Treaty of Nanking (Nanjing) in 1842, the first of the Unequal treaties between China and Western powers.Treaty of Nanjing inBritannica. The treaty ceded the Hong Kong Island and surrounding smaller islands to Britain, and established five cities as treaty ports open to Western traders: Shanghai, Canton, Ningbo, Fuzhou, and Xiamen (Amoy).Haythornthwaite 2000, p. 239. The treaty also stipulated that China would pay a twenty-one million dollar payment to Britain as reparations for the destroyed opium, with six million to be paid immediately, and the rest through specified installments thereafter.Treaty Of Nanjing (Nanking), 1842 on the website of the US-China Institute at University of Southern Carolina. Another treaty the following year gave most favoured nation status to Britain and added provisions for British extraterritoriality, making Britain exempt from Chinese law. France secured several of the same concessions from China in the Treaty of Whampoa in 1844.
tHe war waS concluDed bY THe treaty of Nanking (naNjing) in 1842, THe first OF ThE uNEqUaL TReaties betweeN chIna And western powErs.TreatY oF NaNjing iNbRiTaNnicA. The trEAty ceded thE hoNg konG island AnD surrOuNDINg SmALLer islAnds to britain, AnD eStabLIsheD fIve ciTies aS tREaTY POrTs oPen TO weSterN TraDeRs: ShaNghAi, CAnTOn, ningbO, FuZHoU, anD xiamEn (amoy).hAyThornthWAite 2000, P. 239. thE TrEaty aLSo sTiPUlateD tHaT cHInA wOuLD pAy A twenty-oNE miLlion dollar paYment TO britAiN as rePaRAtiOns FoR the dEstrOYed opIum, wITh six MillIOn to be PaId imMediATely, and THe rest ThRoUgh spEcified installmEnTs THereaFter.trEaTy of NAnjiNg (nankIng), 1842 On the WebsiTe of THe Us-china InstiTUtE aT universItY of souThErN CaroLiNa. anotHer tReaty THe FoLloWiNg yeAr gAVe moSt favOuRED natioN sTatuS tO briTaIN And aDDed prOviSions foR BRitisH ExTraTerritoriAlity, mAking briTAIN EXEmpt fRom cHiNESE LAW. fRAnce seCUREd SEVeraL of the SAme concESsiONs FrOm CHINA IN tHe tReAty OF WhamPoa iN 1844.