On The Economic And Trade Cooperation Zone Between China And Africa

Africa has experienced difficult exploration, twists and turns in development for half acentury since its independence. In21st century, this old land is again ushered in its goldentime for development. While at the meantime, China, another old nation on the other side ofthe earth, has also experienced rapid economic growth for more than thirty years and now inits new procession of transition, adjustment and reform. The development of Africa andChina has obvious complementary advantages and interactive relevance, and the newstrategic partnership where both sides act as adventures, supports of each other has greatpotential in the new international political arena. In Chinese strategic layout of internationalrelations, Africa has become a significant platform. As to Africa, China’s help to theirstriving out of marginalization in world system is indispensable.For developing countries, economic development has become the most important politicalcontents. As to China and Africa, economic and trade cooperation is the nuclear power forChina-Africa relation development, as well as the influential factor of international relationsof China and Africa. In recent years, China is increasingly influential in Africa with the rapiddevelopmental momentum and remarkable achievements. How to make strategic arrangementof China-Africa relations, coordinate and guide reasonably all kinds of economic cooperationmodes, explore more scientific mode appropriate for social development are the mosthighlighted subject in dealing with China-Africa relation. The researches on this subject willplay a significant role in strategy making of China-Africa, as well as defining direction offuture economic and trade development.The thesis attempts to further analyze some beneficial opinions through comprehensive,systematic analysis over the researches object of several patterns of China-Africa economicand trade relations from perspectives of current situation, problems, typical cases, and futuredevelopment. By reference to a large amount of materials and data analysis, the new-typeoverseas economy and trade cooperation zone combined with characters of several traditionalpatterns is considered potential among several economic cooperation patterns.This paper mainly includes three chapters. In the first part, the history and the currentsituation of China-Africa economic and trade cooperation are discussed from the qualitative perspective, and currently existing problems are analyzed in detail. Six principal modes ofChina-Africa economic and trade cooperation are listed and qualitative andquantitative analyses are made to show the concrete development of each mode according toa large number of statistical data and relative information.In the second part, which is also the core part of this paper, it is proposed in accordancewith all the previous data and analyses that the most promising and innovative mode of futureChina-Africa economic and trade cooperation lies in new overseas economic and tradecooperation zones. The development track of economic and trade cooperation zones isdiscussed, and the current development trends of cooperation zones in Africa are summarized,so as to provide some suggestions for the future development of cooperation zones. Inaddition, three representative and promising economic and trade cooperation zones areselected for case study.In the third part, the influence of China-Africa economic cooperation on every aspect ofChina-Africa international relations is analyzed by synthesis.