Mr Andrews spent five days meeting senior officials in Beijing, Nanjing and Chengdu in March before returning to a hostile reception in Melbourne after not taking a press pack with him.
A mandated ministerial travel report shows airfares for the premier and two accompanying staff cost $61,813, with another $14,933 spent on accommodation and $5968 for other travel expenses.
The trip cost state taxpayers $82,716.
"The purpose of this travel was to promote closer education, trade and tourism ties and to strengthen Victoria's relationship with Jiangsu and Sichuan Provinces, the state's oldest and newest sister-states respectively," reads the report released on Thursday.
Outcomes cited from trip include Tennis Australia and a Sichuan-based liquor company agreeing to extend their partnership and Sichuan's education department offering 10 scholarships for Victorian higher education students to study aboard.
It was the Victorian Labor leader's seventh trip to China as premier and the first by an Australian leader since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Victoria strengthened ties with China in 2019 when it signed on to Beijing's Belt and Road initiative.
The agreement was designed to increase participation of Chinese companies in Victoria's infrastructure program and promoted co-operation of Victorian businesses in China.
But the Morrison government cancelled the agreement in March 2021, saying it was inconsistent with Australia's foreign policy or was adverse to foreign relations.
13°C