China International Development Cooperation Agency

On 17 March 2018, the first session of the 13th National People's Congress adopted a plan as part of the deepening the reform of the Party and state institutions that stipulated the creation of CIDCA.{{cite web |author=王勇 |date=2018-03-13 |title=关于国务院机构改革方案的说明——2018年3月13日在第十三届全国人民代表大会第一次会议上 |url=http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/dbdhhy/13_1/2018-03/14/content_2048552.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180609103422/http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/dbdhhy/13_1/2018-03/14/content_2048552.htm |archivedate=2018-06-09 |accessdate=2018-03-20 |publisher=中国人大网 |format=}} On 18 April 2018, the CIDCA held an unveiling ceremony at which director of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission Offıce Yang Jiechi and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi delivered a speech. After the unveiling ceremony, the CIDCA held its founding meeting.{{cite web |date=2018-04-18 |title=杨洁篪出席国家国际发展合作署揭牌仪式 |url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2083927 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180419053341/https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2083927 |archivedate=2018-04-19 |accessdate=2018-04-18 |publisher=澎湃新闻}}

The agency was created to "achieve better coordination and greater impact" of China's aid programs, particularly in support of the Belt and Road Initiative. It was formerly the Department of Foreign Aid of the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM).{{cite web |last1=Zhang |first1=Denghua |last2=Ji |first2=Hongbo |date=22 April 2020 |title=The new Chinese aid agency after its first two years |url=https://devpolicy.org/the-new-chinese-aid-agency-after-its-first-two-years-20200422-2/ |access-date=26 October 2021 |website=Devpolicy Blog |publisher=Development Policy Centre, Crawford School of Public Policy ANU College of Asia & the Pacific, Australian National University}}[https://odi.org/en/insights/chinas-new-development-agency-five-expert-views Thier, Alex, Nilima Gulrajani, Barnaby Willitts-King, Annalisa Prizzon, and Linda Calabrese, (2018) China's new development agency: five experts' views. London: Overseas Development Institute.]

Former vice foreign minister Luo Zhaohui was appointed CIDCA's director in 2021.{{Rp|page=74}}

As of at least 2024, CIDCA has placed greater emphasis on using foreign aid to advance foreign policy objectives as opposed to foreign trade objectives.{{Cite book |last=Chen |first=Muyang |title=The Latecomer's Rise: Policy Banks and the Globalization of China's Development Finance |date=2024 |publisher=Cornell University Press |isbn=9781501775857 |location=Ithaca and London}}{{Rp|page=18}}

The CIDCA is China's principle foreign aid agency, and is in charge of foreign aid policy, foreign aid reform, and the planning, negotiation, monitoring, and evaluation of various foreign aid projects.{{Cite web |title=Decoding Chinese Politics: Foreign Affairs |url=https://asiasociety.org/policy-institute/decoding-chinese-politics?policy=foreign-affairs&group=organizations&size=rank&connection=personal |access-date=8 February 2025 |website=Asia Society}} In December 2021, the joint Measures for the Administration of Foreign Aid issued by CIDCA, MOFCOM, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs state that CIDCA is in charge of drafting aid policies, guidelines, annual plans, and budgets.{{Rp|pages=146-147}} According to the Measures, MOFCOM is in charge of implementing foreign aid projects and selecting the firms to undertake them while the Ministry of Foreign Affairs makes recommendations based on diplomatic needs and its consulates and embassies supervise overseas projects.{{Rp|pages=146-147}}

The CIDCA is a deputy ministerial-level agency affiliated with the State Council.{{Cite web |title=国家国际发展合作署2023 年部门预算 |url=http://www.cidca.gov.cn/download/gjgjfzhzs2023bmys.pdf |access-date=13 November 2023 |website=China International Development Cooperation Agency}} Its headquarters are in Dongcheng District.{{cite web |title=Contact Us |url=http://en.cidca.gov.cn/2018-08/15/c_262433.htm |access-date=2023-11-23 |publisher=China Aid |quote=Office address: No. 82 Dong’anmen Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing, China}} It operates under the supervision of the Minister of Foreign Affairs under their capacity as State Councilor. According to the "Regulations on the Functional Configuration, Internal Organizations and Staffing of the National International Development Cooperation Agency", the internal organization of the International Development Cooperation Agency is at the deputy department–bureau level, and the following organizations are set up:{{cite web |title=内设机构 |url=http://www.cidca.gov.cn/nsjg.htm |archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate=2023-11-20 |publisher=国家国际发展合作署}}

• General Department
• Policy and Planning Department
• Regional First Department
• Regional Second Department
• Supervision and Evaluation Department
• International Cooperation Department
• Institutional Party Committee (Human Resources Department)

• Chinese foreign aid
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• Export–Import Bank of China

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