Social Responsibility Or Development Responsibility - What Is the Environmental Impact of Chinese Investments in Africa: What Are Its Drivers, and What Are the Possibilities for Action

Abstract

The economic ties between China and Africa have witnessed rapid and continuous growth for the last decade. 1Bilateral trade volume has increased from US$ 10.59 billion in 2000 to US$ 210.25 billion in 2013, an increase of twenty times within fourteen years. 2 More recently, Chinese enterprises shifted their focus from trade to investment.According to the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM)'s database, there were only Tsinghua University and Harvard Univeristy.