Abstract: International aid is not only a creation of diplomatic activities between countries in the twentieth century, but also a method to enhance one country’s international influence. Along with the increase of Chinese company’s overseas investment, an international aid setting investment, aid and trade as a whole, which is called China Model, is also being created. But there is an obvious difference between this model and traditional western international aid model on both ideal and operation. This article starts the case analysis with Chinese company’s project in Congo(DRC), analyzing the main point of international debate about China’s mixed aid model, as well as providing some thinking in the improvement made by China in international aid.

Key words: International aid, ChinaModel, African investment