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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0304</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2011-09-19</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001383650</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>CQP</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001431516</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Cheniere Common Units Holding, LLC</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>700 MILAM STREET SUITE 800</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>HOUSTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>TX</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>77002</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Units Representing Limited Partner Interests</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2011-09-19</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>622131</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>15.25</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>11513488</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">This reflects the offer and sale to the Reporting Person of 622,131 common units representing limited partner interests in Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. (the &quot;Partnership&quot;), pursuant to a Purchase Agreement, dated September 14, 2011, by and among the Reporting Person, the Partnership, Cheniere Energy Partners GP, LLC and Cheniere Energy Investments, LLC.  The Reporting Person is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cheniere LNG Holdings, LLC, Cheniere LNG Terminals, Inc., Cheniere LNG, Inc. and Cheniere Energy, Inc., and as such, each of these entities is an indirect beneficial owner of the reported securities.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Meg A. Gentle</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2011-09-21</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
