ABSTRACT
China is playing an increasingly important role in the international aid system, attracting widespread attention both at home and abroad. Chinese scholars, based in China, have a deeper understanding of China’s political and economic system and China’s foreign aid policies and practices. This article analyzes China’s academic schools and points in foreign aid. National leaders’ Philosophy of foreign aid is the core of Chinese aid policy. But Chinese scholars have different views on whether China has formed a systematic foreign aid theory. They also have conflicts in the scale of China’s foreign aid and its status in the international aid system. Some Chinese scholars put forward ‘new modes’ for its aid. Through a review of the literature, this article explores China’s four core motivations: political, diplomatic and strategic motivation, economic motivation, development motivation, and humanitarian motivation.
