To help ease the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the Chinese government is intensifying efforts to provide food assistance to the region.
On March 20, 2024, Chinese Ambassador to the Maldives Wang Lixin and Maldivian Minister of Construction and Infrastructure Abdulla Muththalib signed an implementation agreement on technical assistance for follow-up maintenance of the China-Maldives Friendship Bridge.
Fiji has seen an improvement in the self-sufficient level of rice since the Chinese agricultural assistance team arrived here.
On March 14, 2024, Tian Lin, director-general of the Department of Supervision and Evaluation of the CIDCA, held an online meeting with Isabelle Mercier, director of the Independent Evaluation Office of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP-IEO).
On March 11, 2024, the handover ceremony of the emergency supplies provided by the Chinese government to Laos for the 2024 ASEAN Summit and sideline meetings was held in Vientiane, Laos.
The Chinese Mission to the African Union (AU) and the African Union Commission (AUC) jointly held a policy briefing on China-sponsored human resources training for the AU, the first of its kind, at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on March 8.
On March 8, the China-aided micro-grid seawater desalination project was launched in the Maldives.
A working group from the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA) conducted on-site inspections and evaluations of China-aided projects in three South Asian countries from Feb 29 to March 9, 2024.