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China
No Climate Protection without China
The People’s Republic of China is one of today's most significant global players ‒ both economically and politically. In only 30 years, the country has lifted almost half of its current population of close to 1.4 billion out of absolute poverty.
This impressive economic success however has a high price: The pollution of air, soil and waterbodies, resulting from the dynamic economic growth, comes along with enormous challenges – reaching far beyond China’s borders. While air pollution often may be limited to the region, the disposal of sewage and solid waste into rivers and the sea, and China’s greenhouse gas emissions, being of global significance, have negative repercussions for the environment in Europe – and thus also in Germany. In other words: climate protection can only be effective by involving China.
Therefore, Financial Cooperation (FC) with China focusses on environmental and climate protection and makes a contribution to the protection of global public goods with German experiences and financing. FC with China therefore is also in the interest of Germany.
Since 2009, the German Government does not to provide any new budget funds for development cooperation in China. In fact the investments in environmental and climate protection, made in the name of the Federal Government by KfW, are financed exclusively by so called FC-promotional loans. By this means, only interest-bearing, repayable loans out of KfW-funds and without the addition of German budget funds are employed.
The loans finance investments in climate, environmental and resource protection projects – also in energy efficient district heating and traffic systems, modern sewage plants and sanitary landfills and environmental projects, serving desertification control, reforestation and the protection of biodiversity. These investments fulfill high standards regarding environmental and social safeguards. Apart from that they also feature innovative elements and therefore serve as model projects. Their impact shows beyond the context of the actual projects, and provides important impetus for sustainable development in China. Germany benefits from a clean environment in China as well.
Project Information – Sustainable Economic Development (PDF, 180 KB, non-accessible)
Project Information – Wastewater (PDF, 1 MB, non-accessible)
Further information
- Learn more about the impact of our work in China in our transparency portal
- Read more about our completed projects in the evaluation reports on China
- The BMZ's priorities in China can be found directly on the Ministry's website
- On the website of the Federal Foreign Office you will find detailed information about XYZ
Local office
KfW Office Beijing
Director KfW Office: Dr. Wolfram Erhardt
No. 37 Maizidian Street
1170, Sunflower Tower, Chaoyang District
100025 Beijing
The People's Republic of China
Phone: +86 10 85 27 51-71
or: +86 10 85 27 51-72
Fax: +86 (10) 85 27 51 75