In the Democratic Republic of the Congo there is a significant community of Chinese migrants located in the capital of Kinshasa and the mineral rich southern Haut-Katanga Province.

The mining industry of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is a main reason for Chinese people moving to the DRC.

[2] Business links, both by individual entrepreneurs and state owned enterprises, has brought Chinese migration to the DRC.

In 2012, Chinese investors and the Export-Import Bank of China offered to build $6 billion worth of infrastructure as part of a loan backed by collateral in mineral rights.

[7] During protests in January 2015 against the government of Joseph Kabila, Chinese businesses in the Kinshasa neighborhoods of Ngaba and Kalamu were targeted for destruction.