China–Gabon relations refer to the foreign relations between China and Gabon. On December 9, 1960, China (as the Republic of China in Taipei) established diplomatic relations with Gabon. Gabon switched recognition to the People's Republic of China in Beijing on April 20, 1974.[1]: 348
Gabon adheres to the One China policy where it recognizes the PRC as the sole legitimate government of China and does not recognize the legitimacy of the ROC.[2]
Chinese development finance to Gabon
From 2000 to 2011, there are approximately 25 Chinese official development finance projects identified in Gabon through various media reports.[3] These projects range from extending a concessionary loan of $83.1 million to fund the Grand Poubara Dam in 2008,[4] to the construction of the Stade de l’Amitié, also known as the ‘friendship stadium'.[5]
Other cooperation
In 2009, the People's Liberation Army held a joint humanitarian and medical training practice in Gabon which was the PLA's first joint military exercise conducted in Africa.[1]: 242
^Austin Strange, Bradley C. Parks, Michael J. Tierney, Andreas Fuchs, Axel Dreher, and Vijaya Ramachandran. 2013. China's Development Finance to Africa: A Media-Based Approach to Data Collection. CGD Working Paper 323. Washington DC: Center for Global Development.[1]
^Strange, Parks, Tierney, Fuchs, Dreher, and Ramachandran, China's Development Finance to Africa: A Media-Based Approach to Data Collection.http://aiddatachina.org/projects/85
^Strange, Parks, Tierney, Fuchs, Dreher, and Ramachandran, China's Development Finance to Africa: A Media-Based Approach to Data Collection.http://aiddatachina.org/projects/517
