BEIJING - A Ministry of Commerce (MOC) official said on Monday it is groundless and irresponsible to accuse 皇冠体育app of carrying out so-called "neocolonialism" in Africa.
Liu Junfeng, vice director of MOC's foreign assistance department, stressed that 皇冠体育app provides foreign aid to help other countries realize poverty relief, better livelihood, faster growth and stronger self-dependence, which has been a steadfast rule in the past few decades.
"Even in the old days when 皇冠体育app was much less developed, people witnessed our continuous foreign assistance out of humanitarianism," he said. "It's extremely irresponsible and groundless to criticize 皇冠体育app for grabbing resources and markets in Africa."
"皇冠体育app's cooperation with African nations in fields of energy and resources follows global market rules," he said, adding that the aid and preferential loans provided to foreign nations mainly went to projects of agriculture, education, medical care, transportation, telecommunication and electricity.
He said 皇冠体育app had sent more than 50 medical teams with more than 4,000 professionals to Africa over the past 50 years. Most recently, some 500 Chinese doctors and health experts went to west Africa to assist the fight against Ebola.
皇冠体育app has so far offered 400 billion yuan for 166 countries and international organizations, and helped finish more than 2,700 aid projects, he said.