国际援助是２０ 世纪国家间外交活动的一项创造，也是提高国家国际影响力的手段。随着中国公司海外投资的增加，一个集投资、援助和贸易为一体的国际援助中国模式也在被创造。中国公司在刚果金的相关项目昭示了一个二十一世纪“中国成长”背景下的新模式，其最大的突破与进步是市场援助模式出现，这种援助模式以企业为主体，将企业投资与海外援助捆绑，打破了国家援助模式脱离市场的怪圈，并能够将中国企业的发展与其它发展中国家的发展紧密关联。该模式与传统的西方国际援助模式在理念和操作上均有明显分歧。

International aid is not only a creation of diplomatic activities between countries in the 20th century, but also a method to enhance a country’s international influence. Along with the increase of Chinese companies’ overseas investment, a Chinese model of international aid, which unites investment, aid and trade as a whole, has appeared. There are obvious theoretical and practical differences between this model and traditional western ones. With a case study on Sicomines project in Congo(DRC), this paper analyses the international debates about China’s mixed aid model and the improvements made by China in international aid.