China and Africa. Cooperation Outlook after the 6th FOCAC Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa

• Authors: Krukowska Monika

Title variants

PL

Chiny i Afryka. Perspektywy współpracy po 6. spotkaniu FOCAC w Johannesburgu (RPA)

• Languages of publication: PL EN

Abstracts

PL

Rosnąca aktywność międzynarodowa Chin skierowała interesy Państwa Środka także do Afryki. Kontynent, do niedawna zdominowany przez europejskich i amerykańskich inwestorów, niedawno otworzył się na współpracę z Chinami, oferując wiele możliwości współpracy. W ciągu ostatniej dekady Chiny zajęły ważne miejsce w procesie rozwoju gospodarczego Afryki poprzez udział w handlu, inwestycjach i we współpracy finansowej. Forum Współpracy Chińsko-Afrykańskiej (FOCAC) jest jednym z najbardziej skutecznych instrumentów wzmocnienia wielosektorowej współpracy między Chinami a Afryką. Referat zajmuje się perspektywami współpracy chińsko-afrykańskiej w ramach ostatniego spotkania FOCAC. Na początku analizie poddane jest miejsce Afryki wpolityce zagranicznej Chin na przestrzeni ostatnich dziesięcioleci, a następnie przedstawione są decyzje ostatniego szczytu FOCAC. W kolejnym rozdziale badane są wyniki współpracy w ramach FOCAC w aspekcie ekonomicznym i społecznym. W końcowej części opracowania zidentyfikowane zostały problemy współpracy, po których następują uwagi końcowe.

EN

China’s rising international activity, among other directions, has led its interest to Africa. The continent, long dominated by the presence of the European and American investors, recently opened for cooperation with China, offering many opportunities in various fields. Within the last decade China has taken an important place in Africa’s economic development by its share in trade, investment and financial cooperation. The Forum on China – Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) is one of the most efficient instruments strengthening cooperation between China and Africa in various sectors. The paper deals with the issue of China-Africa cooperation outlook within the frame of the last FOCAC summit. At the beginning the paper investigates the general place of Africa in China’s foreign policy within the last decades, followed by the last FOCAC summit decisions. The next section analyses the results of cooperation within FOCAC in two fields: economic and social ones. In the final part of the essay the problems of cooperation are identified, followed by the final remarks.

Keywords

PL

Chiny; Afryka; FOCAC; współpraca

EN

China; Africa; FOCAC; cooperation

• Publisher: Wyższa Szkoła Gospodarki Euroregionalnej im. Alcide De Gasperi w Józefowie
• Journal: Journal of Modern Science
• Year: 2016
• Issue: 3(30)
• Pages: 157-180

Dates

published

2016

Contributors

author

Krukowska Monika

• Szkoła Główna Handlowa

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ISSN

1734-2031