China–Mali relations refer to the bilateral relations between China and Mali. The People's Republic of China established diplomatic relations with the Republic of Mali on October 25, 1960.[1]
Chinese development finance to Mali
From 2000 to 2012, there are approximately 20 Chinese official development finance projects identified in Mali through various media reports.[2] These projects range from loans worth of 75 billion CFA francs ($154 million) on preferential rates from China to build the Bamako-Segou highway in 2010,[3] to a $51.5 million grant to construct the 'Third Bridge' for Mali in Bamako in 2007.[4]
^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
^Strange, Parks, Tierney, Fuchs, Dreher, and Ramachandran, China’s Development Finance to Africa: A Media-Based Approach to Data Collection.http://aiddatachina.org/projects/1544
^Strange, Parks, Tierney, Fuchs, Dreher, and Ramachandran, China’s Development Finance to Africa: A Media-Based Approach to Data Collection.http://aiddatachina.org/projects/234
