[1]: 348 From 2000 to 2011, there are approximately 34 Chinese official development finance projects identified in Côte d'Ivoire through various media reports.[2] These projects range from a $114 million loan from Export-Import Bank of China at two-percent interest over 20 years to finance a motorway construction project linking Abidjan to Grand-Bassam,[3] to an 18 million EUR debt relief in 2007.[4] According to Xavier Aurégan, PhD at the French Institute of Geopolitics,[5] from 1983 to 2013, there are approximately 174 Chinese official development finance projects in Côte d'Ivoire.The most expensive project is the urban center in Abidjan (8.9 billion euros).The majority of Chinese aid is granted during the Ivorian political crisis between 2002 and 2010.
A Chinese Clinic offering traditional Chinese medicine in
Ferkessédougou