Like other countries in recent years, the United States has rapidly reduced its aid to China, reaching about $12 million from USAID for 2011.
[1] The aid goes to Tibetan communities, rule of law initiatives, and climate change policy.
[1] In 2011, an aid package amounting to $3.95 million and designated for climate change was the subject of a critical Congressional panel hearing titled "Feeding the Dragon: Reevaluating U.S. Development Assistance to China".
Some of this aid comes in the form of socioeconomic development assistance through the United Nations (UN).
The PRC received US$112 million in UN assistance annually in 2001 and 2002, the largest portion coming from the UN Development Programme (UNDP).