| Since its establishment,the People’s Republic of China began to execute at the foreign aid. In the early stage, Chinese domestic economic situation was very difficult,but we still assisted North Korea and Vietnam to resist aggression, safeguarding the independence and sovereignty of their country. After this, scale of foreign aid continued to expand and widely supported the Third World’s liberation movement,which greatly promoted the relations between China and these countries. However,the high standards of assistance hurt our own economy. After the Reform and Opening-up, China began to adjust the policy of foreign aid and had good results.This paper explores the specific situation of foreign aid in the different stages of and the analyses the challenge to which China faced today, on this basis, this paper puts forward some suggestions.This paper consists of five parts. The first part introduces the status of foreign aid from 1949 to 1959. Chinese adhered to the "one-sided" diplomatic strategy at the beginning of the founding, aligned with the Soviet Union and joined in the Socialist camp, which resulted in the isolation by the US and Western camp. During this period,China participated in the Korean War and helped the North Korean people defeat the U.S. Aggression. Besides, China also provided substantial assistance to Vietnam and helped them resist the French colonists. China also began to assisted the Third World during this period.The second part introduced the status of Chinese foreign aid from 1960 to 1969.After the Bucharest conference in 1960, the Sino-Soviet Union relations deteriorated significantly. In 1961, the United States began to invade Vietnam, Chinese began to pursue the diplomacy of anti-America and anti-Soviet at the same time. China gave Vietnam a lot of military and economic assistance to help them resist the U.S.Aggressors, and began to give Albania much foreign aid too. In addition, China began to vigorously support the national liberation movement in the Third World.The third part introduces the status of Chinese foreign aid from 1970 to 1978.The Sino-Soviet Union relations continued to deteriorate and finally resulted in a large border conflict in Chen-pao Island. Soviet Union posed a serious threat to Chinese national security, so China began to sought to improve its relationship with the United States. Nixon visited to China in 1972 and Sino-US relations gradually normalized. After this, China put forward the concept of " one line, a large " and " Three Worlds " theory. At the beginning of this period, China continued to support the Vietnam and Albania, as well as supported the Third World countries’ strive for their national independence and domestic economic construction. but with the relations deteriorated of Sino-Vietnan and Sino-Albania, China ceased to assist these two countries.The fourth part introduces the status of Chinese foreign aid after 1979. After the conference of the third Plenary Session of the 11 th CPC Central Committee, China began to focus on economic construction and pursued a non aligned strategy. At the same time, the Third World countries experienced great change, China began to reform its foreign aid. Control the scale of foreign aid, reform the mode and pay more attention to the economic benefits.The fifth part introduces the great meanings and challenges of Chinese foreign aid. The foreign aid has played an important role in our country. It is conducive to national security and diplomacy, Besides, it drives our economic development, last but not least, it could enhance our national soft power. But on the other hand, it does face many challenges. First of all, the policy decision lacked democracy, which easily lead to wrong decisions and hinder people’s understand. Secondly, some enterprises seek nothing but profits and destroy the Chinese’s image. Thirdly, China’s principle of non-interference is considered to be unwilling to take responsibility by some people.Finally, China must actively respond to "new colonialism" slander. |
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