WORKING PAPER Analysis of approvals for Chinese companies to invest in Africa’s mining, agriculture and forestry sectors Huang Wenbin Andreas Wilkes Working Paper 81 Analysis of approvals for Chinese companies to invest in Africa’s mining, agriculture and forestry sectors Huang Wenbin World Agroforestry Centre, China and East Asia Node, Beijing Andreas Wilkes World Agroforestry Centre, China and East Asia Node, Beijing Working Paper 81 © 2011 Center for International Forestry Research All rights reserved Huang, W. and Wilkes, A. 2011 Analysis of approvals for Chinese companies to invest in Africa’s mining, agriculture and forestry sectors. Working Paper 81. CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia. Cover photo by Iain Ding Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) complex on Chang’an Avenue in Beijing. MOFCOM serves Chinese business interests both at home and overseas and its support is behind many of China’s recent international business expansion endeavors. CIFOR Jl. CIFOR, Situ Gede Bogor Barat 16115 Indonesia T +62 (251) 8622-622 F +62 (251) 8622-100 E
[email protected] www.cifor.org Any views expressed in this publication are those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of CIFOR, the authors’ institutions or the financial sponsors of this publication. Table of contents Abbreviations v Acknowledgements v Summary vi 1 Introduction 1 2 Approvals for investment by Chinese companies in Africa 2 2.1 Trends in investment approvals 2 2.2 Investment destinations of approvals for Africa 2 2.3 Intended investments by type and sector 3 3 Approvals for