Xu Jiabo, Joachim Dieter, Wang Xingping

Keywords： Industrial Park; Industrial Policy; Industrial Park Planning; Investment Environment; Ethiopia

Abstract：

Inspired by rising labour cost in the wider world and the success of industrial parks in Asia, especially in China, more and more African countries began to review the important role of industrial parks in boosting the economic development of the whole country. Industrial parks, therefore, becomes propeller of industrialisation for many African countries. Among all the countries adopting such kind of strategies, Ethiopia is currently one of the most successful cases, where industrial parks have contributed to the rapid establishment of the national industrial system, created a large number of jobs and promoted the investment environment and overall economic development. The successful application of China’s Industrial Park Mode in Ethiopia, one of the demonstration countries of China’s production capacity cooperation programme, is inseparable from the positive cooperation between the two countries at both national and the park level. This cooperation includes the connection of national development strategies and Chinese participation in the implementation of Ethiopian industrial park development plan at national level as well as collaboration in infrastructure supply and operation at park level. The experience acquired in the cooperation between China and Ethiopia could be helpful for China when co-building other industrial parks in both Ethiopia and other African countries.

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