A Study On Chinese Enterprises' Investment In Zambia

Since ancient times, China and this wonderful continent of Africa have been inextricably linked: from Zheng He's voyages to the East African countries in the Ming Dynasty, to mutual support and brotherly help between nations to gain independence from colonial oppress ion and to establish the nations in the twentieth century, to the establishment of the bond connecting the development of the two sides-China-Africa Cooperation Forum in the new century, and now finally to the successful holding of successive forums, the development of the link between China and African countries is in full swing.Development, as one of the world's two major themes, has increasingly become a major concern of all the countries, and China and most African countries are all developing countries. As the world's most populous country, China has a huge consumer market. Accompanied by increasing digestion and absorption of advanced things, more and more industrial technology tends to be phased out while as members of the ancient land, most African countries are also developing ones but they are rich in resources, and there is huge potential for industrial development because of inconsistent development after independence. For this reason, in recent years, China continuously introduced various policies to encourage large, medium and small-sized enterprises to go to Africa to seek new development space outside the country.This research is conducted in response to the trend of national development.The thesis is divided into four parts.The first part elaborates the theoretical support and significance, including domestic and international studies on FDI, and the theoretical and realistic meanings of the thesis; In the second part, in an order of the historical development, the author elaborates the economic and trade relations between China and Zambia in the context of China-Africa cooperation, including exchanges and development between China and Africa in the history and after New China was founded;The third part elaborates investment of Chinese enterprises in Zambia, including investment opportunities and challenges they are faced with in Zambia. About the opportunities, the author presents the investment climate of Zambia as a whole and in every field. As for the challenges, the author points out them on two levels which are Africa and Zambia separately. At the same time, through the field research and interviews, the author summarizes the current investment problems existing in some Chinese enterprises which are operating in Zambia;The fourth part is the conclusion part, which is the sublimation of the content described above. It brings forth the corresponding investment strategies according to the investment opportunities and challenges of Chinese enterprises in Zambia, combined with the author's own field survey, including the bases and suggestions of investor options, location options, field options and some other proposed measures to make investment more available.