Cameroon–China relations

China and Cameroon established bilateral relations on March 26, 1971. Cameroon is an adherent to the One China Policy.

Political relations


In the 1960s, China supported armed struggle by the Union des Populations du Cameroon (UPC) against the government of Ahmadou Ahidjo. In 1970, the Ahidjo government defeated the UPC. In 1971, Cameroon established relations with China.

In the 2000s, leading politicians paid state visits to and from each country; these included Cameroonian President Paul Biya's visit for a conference in 2006 and Hu Jintao's visit to Cameroon in 2007.

Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi visited Cameroon on 12 January 2014.

Cameroon was one of 53 countries, that in June 2020, backed the Hong Kong national security law at the United Nations.

Economic development
Since the first Forum on China Africa Cooperation in 2000, Beijing has successfully delivered $2.4 billion in development finance to Cameroon. $87 million of that total falls under the OECD-DAC criteria for Official Development Assistance. Major projects executed by the Chinese government in Cameroon include: Yearly trade topped 854 million US dollars in 2008, before dropping to 813 million US dollars in 2009 due to the global recession.
 * Construction of the Kribi Deep Seaport funded by a FCFA 207,270 billion loan from the Exim Bank of China
 * A FCFA 243 billion loan from China Exim bank for construction of the Memve'ele hydroelectric Dam in Nyabizan
 * Construction of a malaria research center at Yaounde's Hospital of Gynecology, Obstetrics, and Pediatrics

Criticism
In the 2000s, some in Cameroon considered the economic relationship to be a form of neo-colonialism; this was mainly due to a perception that Chinese traders flooded the Cameroonian market with cheap but extremely fragile manufactured goods, which stymied the development of local industries.