China International Development Cooperation Agency

On 17 March 2018, the first session of the 13th National People's Congress adopted a plan that stipulated the creation of CIDCA.^[4] On 18 April 2018, the CIDCA held an unveiling ceremony at which director of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission Yang Jiechi and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi delivered a speech. After the unveiling ceremony, the CIDCA held its founding meeting.^[5]

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.^[6][7]

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.^[8]: 18

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:^[9]

Departments

• 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
• Foreign aid to China
• Export–Import Bank of China

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