The Analysis And Countermeasures On Sino-Africa Trade And Its Patterns

China and African countries have highly complementary economies,therefore,Sino-African economic and trade has made considerable progress. In recent years,a prominent characteristic of the geographical distribution of China's foreign trade development has been the lead of the growth of trade in emerging markets over that in developed countries. Furthermore,the swiftest growth in emerging markets is the Sino-African trade. Sino-African trade has increased by forty-five percent this year, which outweighs the growth rate of China's total foreign trade for the same period. The Sino-African economic and trade cooperation has also expanded to various forms other than trading, such as investment. In the next long period of time,China is expected to continue working with African countries towards the new type of strategic partnerships,in which are equality,mutual trust,and win-win cooperation and close exchanges. Further development Sino-African economic and trade will be promoted.This paper carried out a comprehensive,in-depth analysis on China's trade and its patterns with Africa. First,based on the review of relevant literatures,this paper recalled the history and motive of Sino-Africa trade development,and introduced the status of Sino-African trade. Theories of the trading area were subsequently described in detail. Afterwards,on the basis of the intra-industry trade theory,trade patterns of several major areas in Sino-Africa trade were discussed. Eventually,solutions to issues raised from Sino-Africa economic and trade cooperation were forwarded.