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Les entreprises chinoises sous la tutelle directe du gouvernement illustrées par leur investissement en Afrique

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  • Thierry Pairault

    (CCJ - Chine, Corée, Japon - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - UPD7 - Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

Abstract

Most of the studies on the Chinese presence in Africa tend inescapably to favour an approach through public enterprises. In this research we focus on a specific category of public enterprises, that of the companies under the direct supervision of the central government since they hold on average 80% of the stock of Chinese foreign direct investment. Their economic importance --both in China and abroad-- coupled with their proximity to the central government substantiate that we distinguish these "central enterprises" from other public enterprises, that we specifically examine their role as an effective vector of China's policy in Africa. We will therefore discuss the resurgence of the strategic concept of "central enterprise", then will study the degree of autonomy of these central enterprises as expressed by their direct investment strategy abroad and more specifically in Africa. Finally, it appears that the Chinese government has an African strategy that it intends to implement through its "central enterprises", which have much greater autonomy than we might suppose at first sight. La mayoría de los estudios sobre la presencia china en África tienden por la fuerza de las cosas a privilegiar un enfoque por el lado de las empresas públicas. En esta investigacion nos vamos a centrar sobre una categoría especifica de las empresas públicas, las empresas que estan bajo la tutela del gobierno central (las "empresas centrales") porque ellas concentran en promedio del 80% del Stock de la inversión directa china en el extranjero. Es su importancia económica -tanto en China a como en el exterior- conjugada a su proximidad con el poder central lo que justifica que esas empresas se distinguen de otras empresas públicas y sean específicamente interrogadas sobre su rol como vector efectivo de la política china en África. Sucesivamente, vamos a evocar el resurgimiento del concepto estratégico de " empresa central " y luego nos interrogaremos sobre el grado de autonomía de esas empresas centrales tal como se expresa por su estrategia de inversiones directas en el extranjero y más específicamente en África. Finalmente, el gobierno chino tiene un estrategia africana que trata de poner en práctica gracias a sus empresas centrales, las cuales disponen siempre de una gran autonomía que es mayor de la que se pensaba inicialmente

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  • Thierry Pairault, 2013. "Les entreprises chinoises sous la tutelle directe du gouvernement illustrées par leur investissement en Afrique," Post-Print halshs-00838950, HAL.
  • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-00838950
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    Cited by:

    1. Christian Milelli & Alice Nicole Sindzingre, 2013. "Chinese Outward Foreign Direct Investment in Developed and Developing Countries: Converging Characteristics?," Post-Print hal-01411752, HAL.
    2. Thierry Pairault, 2018. "China Merchants in Djibouti: from the maritime route to the digital silk route [La China Merchants à Djibouti : de la route maritime à la route numérique de la soie]," Post-Print halshs-01917545, HAL.
    3. Thierry Pairault, 2017. "China in the Maghreb: From the Spirit of Bandung to the Spirit of Capitalism [La Chine au Maghreb : de l’esprit de Bandung à l’esprit du capitalisme]," Post-Print halshs-01556325, HAL.
    4. Thierry Pairault, 2014. "Developmental States: How Algeria makes the best of China to promote its development," Post-Print halshs-01079453, HAL.

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