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China started providing aid to Africa in 1956. By May 2006, it had contributed a total of 44.4 billion yuan (US$5.7 billion) for more than 800 aid projects, according to a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Science (He, 2006).7 The last officially reported flows are for 2002, when the Chinese government reported that it provided US$1.8 billion in economic support to Africa.8 The Chinese National Bureau of Statistics reports annual data on contracted projects in SSA countries, which include “projects financed by the Chinese government under its aid program.”9 While the foreign aid component of the figures is hard to pin down, it is even more difficult to estimate the value of Chinese technical assistance and aid in-kind because of problems in pricing Chinese labor. Assuming Chinese aid, including technical assistance, is about 50 percent of the value of contracted projects, China’s official development assistance (ODA) to SSA could amount to US$1.0–1.5 billion annually for 2004–05 (Figure 5).10 In comparison, China’s aid flows to Africa averaged about US$310

million annually for 1989–199211.

China has also been providing debt relief to African countries on its own terms. At the first China-Africa Cooperation Forum in October 2000 in Beijing, the Chinese government pledged to write off in two years overdue obligations on 156 loans owed by African countries; these totaled 10.5 billion yuan (US$1.3 billion). The pledge was fulfilled ahead of schedule (He, 2007). In November 2006 China announced that it would cancel another 10 billion yuan (US$1.3 billion) in debt—168 interest-free government loans that had matured by the end of 2005 and were owed by 33 of the heavily indebted and least developed countries in Africa. By mid-May 2007 China had signed debt forgiveness agreements with 11 of these countries and expected to conclude agreements with the other 22 by the end of 2007.

The terms of China’s ODA follow the principles established during late Primer Zhou Enlai’s visit to Africa in the early 1960s: no conditions or demand for privileges can be attached to ODA; China provides ODA in the form of grants, interest-free or low-interest loans (i.e., preferential loans that have an interest subsidy); and repayment will be rescheduled if necessary.12 China’s aid program also includes technical assistance, with an emphasis on agricultural technology and training in Chinese institutions. China’s ODA has focused on social and humanitarian projects, such as hospitals, schools, low-cost housing, sport venues, and library and government buildings, and often is delivered in kind. ODA has also been used for infrastructure construction (133 out of the more than 800 aid projects) and agricultural development (137 projects).

IMF Working Paper African Department What Drives China’s Growing Role in Africa?

Prepared by Jian-Ye Wang October 2007 To learn more about this author, visit International Monetary Fund's Website.

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