经济基础设施建设一直是中国对外援助的重要内容。虽然援助资金有限，但中国充分发挥技术成熟和人力成本相对低廉的优势，帮助其他发展中国家建设了一批交通、通讯、电力等基础设施项目。截至2009年底，中国共帮助发展中国家建成442个经济基础设施项目。也门萨那至荷台达公路、巴基斯坦喀喇昆仑公路和瓜达尔港、坦赞铁路、索马里贝莱特温—布劳公路、马耳他干船坞、喀麦隆拉格都水电站、毛里塔尼亚友谊港、博茨瓦纳铁路改造、孟加拉国6座大桥、昆曼公路老挝段、缅甸大湄公河次区域信息高速公路、塔吉克斯坦沙尔—沙尔隧道、柬埔寨7号公路、埃塞俄比亚格特拉立交桥等项目，改善了受援国的生活和生产环境，为受援国经济和社会的发展创造了更好的条件。

    公共设施

    公共设施是中国对外援助中一个具有特色的领域。中国援建的公共设施项目主要包括市政设施、民用建筑、打井供水、会议大厦、体育场馆、文化场馆、科教卫生设施等。截至2009年底，中国共帮助发展中国家建成687个各类公共设施项目。斯里兰卡纪念班达拉奈克国际会议大厦、苏丹友谊厅、加纳国家剧场、埃及开罗国际会议中心、科摩罗广播电视中心、缅甸国际会议中心、肯尼亚国际体育中心、斐济多功能体育馆、坦桑尼亚国家体育场等公共设施和体育设施，成为当地社会政治文化活动的中心和城市标志性建筑。毛里塔尼亚首都供水工程、柬埔寨打井项目、坦桑尼亚查林兹供水项目、尼日尔津德尔供水工程、安哥拉经济住宅项目、苏里南低造价住房项目等社会公共福利设施，为改善当地贫困人民的生活条件作出了积极贡献。

Economic infrastructure construction is always an important part of China’s foreign aid. Despite its limited foreign aid funds, China has made full use of the mature technologies and relative low cost of manpower to help other developing countries construct a host of infrastructure projects in transportation, communication, power supply, etc. By the end of 2009, China had helped other developing countries build 442 economic infrastructure projects, such as the Sana’a-Hodeida Highway in Yemen, the Karakoram Highway and Gwadar Port in Pakistan, the Tanzania-Zambia Railway, the Belet Uen-Burao Highway in Somalia, the Dry Dock in Malta, the Lagdo Hydropower Station in Cameroon, Nouakchott’s Friendship Port in Mauritania, railway improvement in Botswana, six bridges in Bangladesh, one section of the Kunming-Bangkok Highway in Laos, the Greater Mekong Sub-region Information Highway in Myanmar, the Shar-Shar Tunnel in Tajikistan, the No.7 Highway in Cambodia, and the Gotera Interchange in Addis Ababa of Ethiopia. These projects have helped improve the environment of life and production for the local people, and create better conditions for the development of the local economy and society. 

Public Facilities

Public facilities built with aid from China in other developing countries mainly include municipal utilities, civilian buildings, wells for water supply, conference centers, sports venues, culture venues, and facilities for scientific, educational and medical care purposes. By the end of 2009, China had helped other developing countries build 687 public facilities of various kinds. The major ones include the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall in Sri Lanka, the Friendship Hall in Sudan, the National Theater of Ghana, the Cairo International Convention and Exhibition Center in Egypt, the Radio and Television Broadcast Center in Comoros, the International Convention Center in Myanmar, the Moi International Sports Center in Kenya, the Multi-Functional Sports Stadium in Fiji and the Tanzania National Stadium. They have all become centers for social, political and cultural activities as well as landmark buildings. Some public welfare facilities, including the Capital Water Supply Project in Nouakchott, Mauritania, the Well-Drilling Project in Cambodia, the Water Supply Project in Chalinze, Tanzania and the Water Supply Project in Zinder, Niger, low-cost housing projects in Angola and Surinam, have played an active role in improving the living condi-tions of local poor people.