The China International Development Cooperation Agency, or CIDCA (國家國際發展合作署), is a deputy ministerial-level agency directly under China’s State Council, formally established on April 18, 2018. The agency was created by merging foreign aid responsibilities previously handled by the Ministry of Commerce with input from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with the stated aim of strengthening strategic coordination of aid. CIDCA drafts aid strategy, sets budgets, approves projects, negotiates government-to-government aid agreements, and monitors implementation, though the on-ground execution of projects remains with the other ministries. The agency, for example, manages the South-South Cooperation Assistance Fund (南南合作援助基金), established in 2015 and upgraded in 2022 to the Global Development and South-South Cooperation Fund,, meant to finance development projects in developing countries.