仅中非贸易额就从2000年的100亿美元增长到2008年的1070亿美元，此外还有数十亿美元投向石油开采、采矿、交通运输、发电、电力传输、无线通信和其他基础设施建设。
China-Africa trade alone increased from $10 billion in 2000 to $107 billion in 2008, and billions of dollars are being invested in oil production, mining, transportation, electricity generation and transmission, telecommunications, and other infrastructure.