Study On Developed Countries' ODA To China

Since the reform and opening policy came to force in the late 1970s, China has shifted its original practice offering ODA to overseas countries only without accepting any ODA abroad for free to the acknowledgement of free ODA from such international authorities including UNDP, UNPF and UNICEF, as well as that from partnership countries gradually. Bilateral and multilateral ODA has played a vital"role in the construction of socialistic civilization during the past 20 years or more, bringing about obvious benefits, both socially and economically. However, a series of great changes have taken place in ODA to China from such authorities and countries as the entry into the 21^st century, by which, more and more attention has been caused worldwide. In view of this, the study on ODA and its changes has great significance to both the economic construction and the smooth enforcement of diplomatic policies of China.Besides the introduction, the dissertation is divided into four chapters analyzing and discussing this issue from an overall perspective. The significance in terms of reality of this issue is analyzed in the introduction, along with the review of related theories. Chapter 1 gives a brief introduction of the definition and types of ODA while a current situation of ODA to China and its history are described in chapter 2 with the examples of ODA from Japan and EU (members included) to illustrate the issue in details. In chapter 3, the actual effect of ODA is investigated: the purpose and motivation of ODA providers are analyzed, following which, the promoting effect in China's economy and the gains of these developed providers are studied. The new development trend of ODA recently is introduced in the last chapter with the analysis of the reasons why ODA policies have been changed in order to give some suggestions addressing such changes.