The Blue Chinese Salon was the first room in the private apartments of Franz Stephan. The walls are decorated with the Chinese paper wall-hangings that give this room its name.
This room also has historic significance: it was here that the negotiations were held which led to the renunciation of any further participation in the affairs of government by the last Austrian emperor, Karl I, on November 11th 1918. The next day the Republic of Austria was proclaimed, thus ending the history of Schönbrunn as an imperial residence.