China’s Overseas Development Finance Database – Data Download

The China’s Overseas Development Finance (CODF) Database is the first global, harmonized, validated and geolocated record of Chinese overseas development finance. It covers the years 2008-2024 and includes loan commitments from China’s two main DFIs, the China Development Bank (CDB) and Export-Import Bank of China (CHEXIM), to governments, inter-governmental bodies, majority state-owned entities and minority state-owned entities with sovereign guarantees.

Launched in December 2020, the CODF Database is managed by the Boston University Global Development Policy (GDP) Center, a University-wide center in partnership with the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies. The GDP Center’s mission is to advance policy-oriented research for financial stability, human well-being and environmental sustainability.

As of June 2025, the interactive database includes 1,304 loans, detailing each project’s lender, year, amount and sector. Of these 1,304 projects, 861 have precise geographic footprints, and are shown in the visual map. The remaining 443 projects without precise footprints are included in the full table of projects below the map.

Users who commit to using information responsibly can also access the geographic footprints of 861 projects mapped within 25 kilometers (precision codes 1 and 2 in the CODF Database) overlayed on a password-protected map. To access the map with geographic footprints, please download, sign and return the data use agreement (DUA) by downloading the DUA form below. After the DUA has been submitted, users will receive a password via email.
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For access to the geographic footprint map and spatial data, please download, sign and return the DUA to Diego Morro, dm3760@bu.edu.
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