China development bank has signed a $500 million loan agreement with the export-import bank of Afric
Release time: 2018-10-10 12:19 Browse volume:1537
China Development Bank (CDB), the country's major policy bank, signed a deal Thursday to loan 500 million U.S. dollars to African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank).
The deal was reached at an African investment forum1 held Thursday in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province.
Afreximbank is an international financial institution aiming to finance and promote intra- and extra-Africa trade. The bank will enhance ties with CDB in financing infrastructure2, power, communication, transportation and agricultural projects in African countries, according to the deal.
The CDB also signed a memorandum3 of cooperation with Hunan provincial4 government at the forum to promote the province's investment in Africa.
On Wednesday, CDB led the establishment of China-Africa Financial Cooperation Consortium along with 16 African financial institutions.
Since 2006, CDB has spent more than 50 billion dollars financing nearly 500 projects in 43 African countries.
