On March 16, 2018, Embassy of Belarus in China announced its official Chinese name changed from Bai'eluosi (simplified Chinese: 白俄罗斯; traditional Chinese: 白俄羅斯; pinyin: Bái'élúosī, the translation of Belorussia), which had not fallen out of common use, to Bailuosi (simplified Chinese: 白罗斯; traditional Chinese: 白羅斯; pinyin: Bái'élúosī).[45]