With the gradual rapprochement of Israel-China relations in the late 1980s, the Israeli Foreign Ministry began to examine options for establishing a representative office in Beijing, before formal diplomatic relations were even established, because this would allow a direct access channel to convey messages between the Israeli and Chinese authorities.

"Later that year, Foreign Ministry Director General Reuven Merhav agreed with the Chinese ambassador to the UN that the Israeli scientific delegation would be augmented by a " political advisor ".

The embassy in Beijing has become one of Israel's largest diplomatic missions worldwide, and its staff has been significantly expanded over time.

This is reflected through the balconies used for entertaining and the bright white color of the building walls - elements that are common in Israeli, not Chinese, architecture.

[6] The building is actually a large-scale complex, which houses not only the embassy offices, but also the residences of the ambassador, the consuls and the various attachments and their families who live in a close community.