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The paper focuses on exploring the impact of China's production-oriented aid projects on bilateral trade between China and Africa. By matching data from AidData, Eora Global MRIO, World Development Indicators (WDI), and CEPII Remote Database, regression results indicate that China's aid model significantly promotes sustainable growth in China-Africa bilateral trade. In the mechanism analysis, it is revealed that aid enhances African countries' autonomous trade capabilities across national, industrial, and product dimensions, thereby fostering the growth of bilateral trade between China and Africa, highlighting China's aid to Africa as development-oriented. Heterogeneity test results demonstrate that the positive effects of aid are more pronounced in African countries with high political stability, convergent values, and strong cooperative consensus. Unlike previous studies that overlook production-oriented aid projects, this paper delves into this dimension, offering novel insights into the effectiveness of non-standardized aid forms.
本文主要探讨中国以生产为导向的援助项目对中非双边贸易的影响。通过对AidData、Eora Global MRIO、World Development Indicators （WDI）和CEPII Remote Database的数据进行匹配，回归结果表明，中国援助模式显著促进了中非双边贸易的可持续增长。在机制分析中发现，援助增强了非洲国家在国家、产业和产品维度上的自主贸易能力，从而促进了中非双边贸易的增长，凸显了中国对非援助的发展性。异质性检验结果表明，援助的积极效应在政治稳定程度高、价值观趋同、合作共识强的非洲国家更为明显。与以往忽视以生产为导向的援助项目的研究不同，本文深入研究了这一维度，为非标准化援助形式的有效性提供了新的见解。
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