The Characteristics And Influence Of China's Aid To Africa After The Cold War

Foreign aid is a hot issue in contemporary international relations,and China's assistance to Africa is an important component of the world aid issue.It's a new problems in national development for China and Africa.According to the international situation,China has changed their aid habits to Africa,and has actively looked for new forms of mutual benefit and win-win cooperation.So the changes have led to new features,which have had a profound impact on each other,and even the international community as a whole.China's military aid to Egypt in 1956 marks the beginning of the process for China's assistance to Africa.After the cold war,according to the features of and poor infrastructure and low productivity,China's assistance to Africa focuses on infrastructure,and provide some advanced production equipment and technology.Aimed at agricultural problems of African countries,China actively carry out various forms of cooperation with African countries.In addition,facing the present situation of health and education of African countries,China has always insisted on sending medical teams and education facilities construction.China's assistance to Africa is not only based on the international situation after the cold war,but more importantly,aid to Africa is the basis for solidarity and cooperation between China and Africa.After the cold war,China's aid to Africa presents a series of new features.First,it focus on aid from the political level to the economic level.After the end of the cold war,countries in the world is facing a task of national economic development,and political factors have not adapted to the current international environment;secondly,with one-way aid to turn to mutually beneficial cooperation,the two sides actively seek both sides mutually beneficial cooperation,from one-way output,paying attention to the "hematopoietic" project;thirdly,Africa Cooperation Forum becomes a new platform,and the new platform for China-Africa cooperation to provide a broader space,providing an institutional guarantee;fourthly,the aid mechanism is more mature;in addition,assistance form is various.China`s assistance to Africa with its common development goals has changed their assistance form adapted to the needof China's assistance to Africa.In the end,the scale of aid has gradually expanded,and the amount of aid to China has increased year by year.After the cold war,China's aid to Africa has not only brought good results to African countries and China,but also contributed greatly to the establishment of a new international political and economic order and South South cooperation in the international community.From African countries,China`s assistance to Africa promotes African people's livelihood and social development.From China,it enhanced the international image of China responsibility and got some support,largely driven by China enterprises "going out".From the international social,China`s assistance to Africa actively promote the establishment of a new international order and provides a new mode and a new idea for the development of South South cooperation.In the face of Chinese positive effect on aid,many discordant voices also followed,western countries will China`s assistance to Africa branded as "New colonialism".In this respect Chinese and African countries needs to make a lot of effort.In addition,China still has some problems in its aid to Africa,and we should actively seek ways and means to create a better future together with Africa.