Overview

China Establishes China Africa Exchange Program in South Africa

Commitment Year•2009Country of Activity•South AfricaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•South AfricaSector•EducationFlow Type•Free-standing technical assistance

Status

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Implementation

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Nov 1, 2009

Start (actual): Mar 31, 2010

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Government of South Africa

Loan desecription

China Establishes China Africa Exchange Program in South Africa

Narrative

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Project narrative

On March 31, 2010, more than 100 scholars from Africa and China gathered in Beijing for the launching of the 'China Africa research and academic exchange program,' a new mechanism announced by the Chinese government at the Fourth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Egypt in November 2009. The program will enable scholars and think tanks from Africa and China to increase exchanges and cooperation, share development experience, and provide intellectual support for improving cooperation policies, according to Lu Shaye, secretary general of the Chinese follow up committee of the FOCAC. The program was still ongoing as of April 6, 2021.