Dashboards and Documentation
China.AidData.org ↗
China's Overseas Loans & Grants
Search 31,750 official finance commitments (loans & grants) across 200 countries worth nearly $2.2 trillion from 2000-2023.

China-Ports.AidData.org ↗
China's Seaport Financing, 2000-2025
Analyze port-level spatial patterns in $22 billion in Chinese state-directed loans and grants at 168 ports from 2000 to 2025.

GeoQuery
Filter and download over 70 datasets—of satellite, economic, health, aid, conflict, and other spatial data—mapped to the right geographic boundaries for 165 countries worldwide.

Public Diplomacy
Filter data on China’s soft power toolkit to create, and export own custom graphs, maps, and in-depth country profiles on China's economic and soft power tools.

Documentation
- AidData Methodology PapersDetailed guides to the methods used to create datasets published by AidData researchers
- Featured MethodTracking Chinese Development Finance (TUFF)The 3.0 version of the Tracking Underreported Financial Flows (TUFF) methodology was used to construct the 3.0 version of AidData’s Global Chinese Development Finance (GCDF) dataset
- Replication DatasetsFrom scholarly research on aid allocation and aid effectiveness