China–Libya relations

China–Libya relations

China

Libya

China–Libya relations refers to the bilateral relations between China and Libya. China and Libya established diplomatic relations in Aug. 1978.

Economic relations

In the first 8 months of 2012, Libya was China's 5th largest trading partner in Africa.[1]

Chinese development finance to Libya

From 2000 to 2012, there are approximately 3 Chinese official development finance projects identified in Libya through various media reports.[2] They are three batches of humanitarian relief materials in 2011,[3] an MOU of investment cooperation in the fields of transportation, farming, irrigation, fishing and the textiles,[4] and a $300 million USD low-interest loan to the LAP Green Network, a Libyan telecom firm in 2009.[5]

See also

References

  1. "Mozambique-China Trade Continues to Grow". allafrica.com. 2012-12-09. Retrieved 2012-12-09.
  2. Austin Strange, Bradley C. Parks, Michael J. Tierney, Andreas Fuchs, Axel Dreher, and Vijaya Ramachandran. 2013. China’s Development Finance to Africa: A Media-Based Approach to Data Collection. CGD Working Paper 323. Washington DC: Center for Global Development.http://china.aiddata.org
  3. Strange, Parks, Tierney, Fuchs, Dreher, and Ramachandran, China’s Development Finance to Africa: A Media-Based Approach to Data Collection.http://aiddatachina.org/projects/24426
  4. Strange, Parks, Tierney, Fuchs, Dreher, and Ramachandran, China’s Development Finance to Africa: A Media-Based Approach to Data Collection.http://aiddatachina.org/projects/1638
  5. Strange, Parks, Tierney, Fuchs, Dreher, and Ramachandran, China’s Development Finance to Africa: A Media-Based Approach to Data Collection.http://aiddatachina.org/projects/14267