在20世纪60年代到90年代初，上海为非洲16个国家援建成套项目31个，其他援助形式和经济技术合作项目数量更多。上海对非援助与经济技术合作的主要方式是一般物资、成套项目、技术合作、人力资源开发合作、援外医疗队等，其中成套项目援助是重点。综合来看，上海对非援助起步早、门类全、任务重。此外，上海援非呈现了一些阶段性特征：任务量从渐增到平稳、援非比重提升、援外管理自主性的提高、援建方式渐趋多样。这一时期，上海在中国援助非洲的实践中发挥了重要作用，既完成了地方的援外任务与使命，为同期中非友好关系增添佳话，也为中非经贸关系的发展奠定了一定的基础。
Shanghai offered 31 complete projects for 16 African countries，between 1960s and early 1990s，together with many more other forms of official assistance and economic and technological programs. The main modes include goods and materials，complete projects，technical cooperation，human resources development cooperation，medical teams，etc.，while the key point was the complete projects. Generally speaking，Shanghai’s aid to Africa was characterized by early start，diverse categories and heavy tasks. When Shanghai offered economic and technical assistance to Africa，it showed several periodical characteristics. And during this period，the practice and policy adjustment for Shanghai’s assistance to Africa，not only completed the foreign aid task，but also laid a certain foundation for the healthy and rapid growth of China-Africa economic relations.
