Chinese-financed Port Infrastructure

AidData's Chinese-Financed Ports Overseas and Related Terminals Dataset, Version 2.0 (CPORTS 2.0) tracks nearly $24 billion in Chinese state-directed loans and grants for 363 projects at 168 ports in 90 countries from 2000 to 2025. It provides record-level transactions and activities over a twenty-six year period and contains 29 seaport-related variables unique to this dataset, which draws from and expands upon AidData's China's Global Loans and Grants Dataset, Version 1.0. This dataset informs an accompanying report on China's expanding global ports footprint, Anchoring Global Ambitions: Beijing’s Ports Financing and the Race for Maritime Dominance.