Forty-Two Years of Japanese ODA to China Comes to an End

Prime Minister Ōhira Masayoshi shakes hands with Chinese Premier Hua Guofeng (right) at Beijing Airport, December 5, 1979. (© Jiji)

Beijing’s China-Japan Friendship Hospital was completed in 1984. By introducing Japanese-style medical services, it became one of China’s leading general hospitals. On the right, Japanese medical experts instruct staff from the intensive care unit on how to use protective clothing during the 2003 SARS outbreak, which originated in Guangdong Province. (Images courtesy of JICA)

Beijing Capital International Airport became a gateway to the sky after its construction in the 1990s. (Image courtesy of JICA)

The monorail in central Chongqing was completed in 2001 with Japanese technology and financing. (Image courtesy of JICA)

The Chongqing monorail yards. (Image courtesy of JICA)

A nameplate indicating Japan’s assistance at Beijing Capital International Airport. (Image courtesy of JICA)