PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC
OF CHINA
PERMANENT OBSERVER
Date of Entry: May 26, 2004
National Day: October 1 (1949)
Capital: Beijing
Type of Government: Communist state
Head of State: President Xi Jinping (March 14, 2013)
Minister of Foreign Affairs: Wang Yi (April 15, 2013)
Permanent Observer: Ambassador Cui Tiankai (2013)
ECONOMIC INDICATORS
Population (in millions)
GDP (US$ in billions)
GDP per capita (US$)
2010
1,334.5
4,990
2,611.16
2011
1,340.91
5,930
2,870.05
2012
1,347.35
7,320
3,121.97
2013
1,354.04
8,230
3,344.54
2014
1,360.72
9,240.27
3,583.38
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FOREIGN RELATIONS POLICY:
 Chinese foreign policy is based on the promotion of equality, mutual trust, inclusiveness, mutual learning and mutually
beneficial cooperation in international relations, as well as carrying out joint efforts to uphold international fairness
and justice.
 Through its policy, the People’s Republic of China promotes the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence: mutual
respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, mutual non-aggression, non-interference in each other's internal
affairs, equality and mutual benefit, and peaceful coexistence within an "open, cooperative and win-win"
development model with due consideration for both domestic and international situations.
 China will maintain a special focus on a mutually beneficial cooperation with other countries by taking a more active
posture in international affairs, jointly combating global challenges and striving to make contributions to global
development while maintaining multilateral trade systems and participating in global economic governance that
promotes a sustainable and balanced growth of the global economy through increased cooperation.
COOPERATION WITH DEVELOPING COUNTRIES:
 China promotes relations with developing countries by seeking mutually complementary economic, trade, scientific
and technological cooperative channels, strengthening consultation and cooperation on international issues, and
jointly safeguarding the rights and interests of developing countries, taking into account the Millennium Development
Goals.
INVOLVEMENT WITH THE AMERICAS:
 The Department of Latin America of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
implements China's foreign policy and principles. It reports and works on China's bilateral relations with pertinent
countries and regions, manages diplomatic contacts with and makes representations to relevant countries and
regions, oversees and coordinates policies on and cooperation and exchanges with relevant countries and regions and
guides the operation of China's overseas diplomatic missions within its regional jurisdiction. Director for the Latin
Department visited the OAS in 2012.
 Chinese relations with Latin America have focused primarily on the development of infrastructure projects and
expanding its economic support to the region.
CURRENT AGREEMENTS IN AREAS OF COOPERATION WITH OAS:
 On December 12, 2014, the OAS and the People’s Republic of China renewed two Memoranda of Understanding
signed originally in 2004, one establishing 15 scholarships for higher education at Chinese institutions over a five-year
period, and the other renewing China’s commitment to contribute $1.5 million over five years to OAS projects.
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FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS 2005-2014:
YEAR
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Total
US$
PEOPLE'S
REPUBLIC OF
CHINA
$200,000.00
$200,000.00
$173,000.00
$202,000.00
$200,000.00
$234,390.00
$247,390.00
$342,690.00
$397,850.00
$333,093.00
$2,530,413.00
P.O. FINANCIAL
CONTRIBUTIONS
%
$11,650,039.00
$19,060,470.00
$20,398,686.00
$25,825,003.00
$20,318,115.00
$15,791,981.00
$15,766,616.00
$13,380,831.00
$17,044,751.00
$12,839,227.00
1.72%
1.05%
0.85%
0.78%
0.98%
1.48%
1.57%
2.56%
2.33%
2.59%
$172,075,719.00
1.47%
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA:
YEAR
2005
FINANCIAL
CONTRIBUTIONS
IN US$
PROJECTS
Department of Communications and External Relations-Lecture Series of
the Americas
Department of Communications and External Relations-Meeting of
Government Spokesperson of the Americas
Art Museum of the Americas
Inter-American Children’s Institute (IIN) – Children’s Videogame Project
Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) – Gender Training Course
Inter-American Convention Against Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking
in Firearms (CIFTA) – Experts Meeting
Office of Education, Science, and Technology (OEST) – Fellowships and
Training
SUBTOTAL
2006
Executive Secretariat for Integral Development (SEDI) – Promotion of
Trade and Competitiveness
Executive Secretariat for Integral Development (SEDI) – Reduction of
Natural Disasters
Inter-American Commission on Women (CIM) – Training Course on
Gender, Conflict and Peace
Secretariat for Political Affairs (SPA) – Panamá Canal Referendum Electoral
Observation Mission
Secretariat for Multidimensional Security (SMS) – Reduction of Violence:
Gangs Definition and Classification
Department of External Relations – II Government Spokesperson Meeting
Language & Culture (Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of
China)
SUBTOTAL
2007
Inter-American Commission on Women (CIM) – Seminar on Violence
Against Women
Art Museum of the Americas
IN-KIND
CONTRIBUTIONS
IN US$
$40,000.00
$60,000.00
$20,000.00
$25,000.00
$30,000.00
$21,800.00
$40,000.00
$196,800.00
$40,000.00
$40,000.00
$40,000.00
$20,000.00
$20,000.00
$30,000.00
$50,000.00
$5,460.00
$200,000.00
$5,460.00
$33,000.00
$15,000.00
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Department of International Affairs (DIA) – Model OAS General Assembly
Department of International Affairs (DIA) – Roundtable Series
Department of International Affairs (DIA) - Lecture Series of the Americas
Department of Sustainable Development (DSD)
Department of Electoral Cooperation and Observation (DECO), Electoral
Observation Mission in Colombia
Department of Electoral Cooperation and Observation (DECO), Electoral
Observation Mission in Jamaica
Department of Electoral Cooperation and Observation (DECO), Electoral
Observation Mission in Guatemala
SUBTOTAL
2008
Department of International Affairs (DIA) - Lecture Series of the Americas
Department of International Affairs (DIA) – MOAS in the Caribbean
Inter-American Commission on Women (CIM) – Design and
Implementation of Web Page for the Follow-up Mechanism to the InterAmerican Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of
Violence Against Women (MESECVI) Inter-American Commission on
Women
Early Childhood Education in Rural, Indigenous and Border Communities
Department of Sustainable Development (DSD) – Publish a collection of
articles entitled “Sustainable Development of the Caribbean:
Contemporary Issues, Challenges and Opportunities”
Peace Fund and Peaceful Resolution of Conflicts
Executive Secretariat for Integral Development (SEDI) – Regulación de
Registros de las Personas Afectadas por el Conflicto Armado y Ampliación
de los Índices de Registros en el Departamento de Huancavelica-Perú
Youth Social Inclusion and Violence Prevention Program in the Caribbean
and Central America via Orchestral Training
Secretariat for External Relations (SER) – Equipment for General
Secretariat
SUBTOTAL
2009
Department of International Affairs (DIA) – Lecture Series of the Americas
Orchestra Programs for Youth at Risk in the Caribbean – Music for Social
Change (Haiti, Jamaica, St. Lucia)
Peace Fund
Fostering Cultural Diversity and Creative Expression through Education:
Sharing Good Practices
Inter-American Commission on Women (CIM) – Gender, Violence, HIV in
the Caribbean
Income generation and active employment policies for populations in
conditions of poverty and vulnerability in the Americas
Department of Electoral Cooperation and Observation (DECO) – Electoral
Mission to Bolivia
Secretariat for Integral Development / Department of Human
Development - 9 Scholarships
Secretariat for Integral Development / Department of Human
Development - Seminar for Senior Diplomats from Latin American
Countries – Diplomats Training Programs (2 scholarships)
Secretariat for Integral Development / Department of Human
Development - Professional Program for Young Diplomats from Caribbean
$40,000.00
$7,500.00
$7,500.00
$22,000.00
$15,000.00
$3,000.00
$30,000.00
$173,000.00
$20,000.00
$23,000.00
$15,000.00
$50,000.00
$50,000.00
$14,000.00
$10,000.00
$20,000.00
$80,000.00
$202,000.00
$20,000.00
$80,000.00
$30,000.00
$20,000.00
$25,000.00
$30,000.00
$47,000.00
$28,000.00
$89,271.00
$9,600.00
$9,600.00
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Countries – Diplomats Training Course Programs (2 scholarships)
SUBTOTAL
2010
Department of Electoral Cooperation and Observation (DECO) – Electoral
Observation Mission Costa Rica
Inter-American Commission on Women (CIM) – Strengthening MESECVI for
an appropriate and effective response to violence against women from a
rights-based approach
Department of Social Development and Employment (DSDE) – Networkbased Capacity Building on Social Protection Strategies – Phase II
Department of Sustainable Development (DSD) – Central America Small
Valley’s Flood Alert and Vulnerability Reduction Program (SVP): Region
Platform Development
Department of Democratic Sustainability and Special Missions (DSDSM) –
Peace Fund
Department of International Affairs (DIA) – Lecture Series of the Americas
and Outreach Programs
Department for Effective Public Management (DEPM) – Forum on Public
Private Partnerships
Secretariat for External Relations (SER)/Press – Equipment Purchases Main
Building – Fiber Optic Cables
Inter-American Children’s Institute (IIN) – Inter-American Programme for
the Prevention and Eradication of Commercial Sexual Exploitation, and
Smuggling of and Trafficking in Minors (CSEC)
Executive Secretariat for Integral Development / Department of Human
Development, Education and Culture – China-OAS Scholarships – 6
scholarships
Workshop for Caribbean Senior Diplomats – 2 positions
Professional Program for Young Diplomats from Latin American Countries
– 2 positions
Secretariat for External Relations / Department of Press – Communications
and Press Equipment (2 Computer CPU; 1 Travel Laptop; 2 High Capacity
Laptops; 3 Flat Panel Monitors; 2 LED Televisions)
SUBTOTAL
2011
Department of International Affairs (DIA) – Promotion of Democratic
Values among the Youth of the Caribbean through the Organization of the
MOAS
Department of Sustainable Development (DSD) – Harmonization and
Institutionalization of Community-Centered Methodologies on Risk
Identification and Risk Management in the Education Sector in the Central
American Isthmus
Department of Sustainable Development (DSD) – Proposal for Publication
of a Book: Integrated Water Resources Management: Lessons from the
Americas
Department of International Affairs (DIA) – Enriching the Hemispheric
Debate through the OAS Lecture Series of the Americas and other
Outreach Programs
Department of Electoral Cooperation and Observation (DECO) – OAS
Electoral Observation Mission to Haiti – Second Round
Inter-American Children’s Institute – Inter-American Programme for the
Prevention and Eradication of Commercial Sexual Exploitation, and
Smuggling of and Trafficking in Minors (CSEC)
$200,000.00
$108,471.00
$30,000.00
$30,000.00
$30,000.00
$30,000.00
$20,000.00
$30,000.00
$30,000.00
$19,390.00
$15,000.00
$161,972.00
$9,600.00
$9,600.00
$10,270.00
$234,390.00
$191,442.00
$40,000.00
$35,000.00
$30,000.00
$20,000.00
$25,000.00
$47,390.00
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Executive Secretariat for Integral Development / Department of Human
Development, Education and Culture – OAS Emergency Scholarship
Program for Haiti
Office of the Assistant Secretary General / Columbus Library – OAS
Columbus Library Equipment
Secretariat for Political Affairs / Department of Sustainable Democracy and
Special Missions – Peace Fund
Various – Professional Development Program for Young Diplomats (2
participants)
Various – Curso de Formación para los Diplomáticos de Categoria Superior
de los Países Latinoamericanos (4 participants)
Executive Secretariat for Integral Development / Department of Human
Development, Education and Culture – OAS Partnerships Program for
Education and Trainin – Masters and Bachelors Degrees at Different
Universities – China-OAS Scholarsips (10 Scholarships)
SUBTOTAL
2012
Secretariat for External Relations /Press Video - "Este es el Camino"
Secretariat for External Relations / Department of International Affairs –
Promotion of Democratic Values among the Youth of the Caribbean
through the Organization of the MOAS
Department of Economic Development, Trade and Tourism / Executive
Secretariat for Integral Development- Public Policies and Institutional
Strengthening for Promoting the Productivity, Innovation and
Internationalization of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) –
Department of Economic Development, Trade and Tourism / Executive
Secretariat for Integral Development – Small Tourism Enterprises Network
Department of Human Development, Education and Culture / Executive
Secretariat for Integral Development– Culture in Development: An InterAmerican Information Network II
Department of Sustainable Development / Executive Secretariat for
Integral Development– Building for the implementation of the Early
Warning System for flood in Honduras
Department of Human Development, Education and Culture / Executive
Secretariat for Integral Development– Student Participation and
Leadership in Educational Institutions in the Americas
Secretariat for External Relations / Department of Press and
Communications Images of America –Recovering the Audiovisual memory
of the OAS, Images of the America.
Secretariat for External Relations / Modernization of Offices and
Multimedia Equipment of the General Secretariat.
Department of Human Development, Education and Culture / Executive
Secretariat for Integral Development– OAS Scholarship Program Chinese
and English (9 scholarships)
Inter-American Commission of Women & Secretariat for Legal Affairs /
Professional Program for Diplomats from Pacific Islands and Caribbean
Countries (2 participants)
Executive Secretariat for Integral Development & Secretariat for External
Relations / Seminar on Practical Chinese for Government Officials from
Latin American, Caribbean and South Pacific Countries (2 participants)
SUBTOTAL
2013
Secretariat for Political Affairs Department of Effective Public Management
$20,000.00
$10,000.00
$20,000.00
$9,600.00
$19,200.00
$412,602.00
$247,390.00
$25,000.00
$441,402.00
$45,000.00
$40,000.00
$30,000.00
$20,000.00
$20,000.00
$20,000.00
$47,650.00
$47,650.00
$269,310.00
$9,600.00
$19,200.00
$295,300.00
$55,000.00
$298,110.00
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– Universal Civil Identity Program in the Americas (PUICA): Promoting
Horizontal Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean
Secretariat for External Relations / Department of International Affairs –
OAS Policy Roundtables: Contributing to the hemispheric Debate of the
Political, Security and Development Challenges of the Americas
Executive Secretariat for Integral Development / Department of Human
Development, Education and Employment – Building Democratic
Classrooms in the Caribbean: A professional development opportunity for
teacher educators to promote coexistence and social integration among
children and youth.
Executive Secretariat for Integral Development / Department of Human
Development, Education and Employment - Training Teachers in Science
and Math Education for Development: Strengthening Teachers’ Capacities
to Build Local Communities through STEM Education
Executive Secretariat for Integral Development / Department of
Sustainable Development - Inter-American Judicial Capacity Building
Program on Environment and Natural Resources
Inter-American Children's Institute / Adolescent Criminal Responsibility
Systems: Strengthening Technical Regulations for the Enforcement of NonCustodial Penalties.
Secretariat for Administration and Finance - Renovation Project of the OAS
Buildings
Executive Secretariat for Integral Development / Department of Human
Development, Education and Employment - Scholarships Awarded with
the Support of the Government of China | PAEC- Academic
Department of Human Resources | Department of International Affairs |
Executive Secretariat for Integral Development / Seminar on Human
Resources Development and Cooperation for Superintendent officials from
Latin American, Caribbean and South Pacific Regions (3 Participants)
Executive Secretariat for Integral Development / Seminar on Emergency
Management for Local Government Officials for Latin America, Caribbean
and South Pacific Ocean Regions. (2 Participants)
SUBTOTAL
2014
Executive Secretariat for Integral Development / Department of Economic
and Social Development - The Continuous Reporting System on
International Migration in the Americas (SICREMI)
Secretariat for External Relations / Department of International Affairs –
Lecture Series of the Americas and OAS Policy Roundtables
Executive Secretariat for Integral Development / Department of
Sustainable Development - Strengthening Decision Support Systems for
Disaster Risk Management in Central America and the Caribbean
Executive Secretariat for Integral Development / Department of Human
Development, Education Employment - Capacity Building for Growing
Higher Education Institutions at Undergraduate Level: Enriching
Curriculum to Develop Investigating Minds for Integral Development
Secretariat for Administration and Finance - Renovation Project of the OAS
Buildings
Executive Secretariat for Integral Development / Department of Human
Development, Education and Employment - Scholarships Awarded with
the Support of the Government of China | PAEC- Academic (29
scholarships)
Seminar on International Development Cooperation for Officials from Latin
$20,000.00
$30,000.00
$25,000.00
$25,000.00
$45,000.00
$197,850.00
$275,980.00
$28,800.00
$19,200.00
$397,850.00
$323,980.00
$45,000.00
$35,000.00
$70,000.00
$50,000.00
$133,093.00
$870,000.00
$20,200.00
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America, Caribbean and South Pacific Countries (2 participants)
Seminar for Diplomats of East-Asian and Latin-American Countries (3
participants)
Seminar on Renewable Rural Energy, Environment and Hygiene
Management of Latin America, Caribbean and South Pacific Regions (1
participant)
Seminar on Human Resource Management for Latin American, Caribbean
and South Pacific Countries in 2014 (1 participant)
SUBTOTAL
2015
Executive Secretariat for Integral Development / Department of Economic
Development - Promoting Competitiveness in the Americas through the
Inter-American Competitiveness Network (RIAC)
Executive Secretariat for Integral Development / Department of
Sustainable Development - Promoting Circular Economies in OAS Member
States through the use of Closed Looped Cycle Design and Production
Methods
2015 Seminar for Young Diplomats from Pacific Islands and Caribbean
Countries - June 4-17, 2015 (2 participants)
2015 Seminar on Administrative Management for Local Government
Officials of Latin American, Caribbean and South Pacific Region - June 22July 12, 2015 (1 participant)
2015 Seminar on Female Capacity Building for Developing Countries - June
25-July 15, 2015 (1 participant)
Seminario "Reformas e Innovaciones de los Servicios Públicos para los
Países Latinoamericanos" June 25 - July 15, 2015 (1 participant, winner of
the Inter-American Prize for Innovation in Effective Public Management
2014)
SUBTOTAL
TOTAL
$30,300.00
$10,100.00
$10,100.00
$333,093.00
$940,700.00
$75,000.00
$45,000.00
$20,200.00
$10,100.00
$10,100.00
$10,100.00
$120,000.00
$2,599,823.00
$50,500.00
$2,480,065.00
SOURCES:
EMBASSY OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA IN THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA
http://www.china-embassy.org/eng/
THE CENTRAL PEOPLE’S GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF
CHINA
http://english.gov.cn/index.htm
XINHUA NEWS AGENCY
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/fr.html
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