问题的提出近年,中非经贸往来日益密切。①中国产品大量流入非洲,越来越多的中国企业开始在非洲开展直接投资。本文则重点探讨中国纺织品、服装、小商品等轻工产品在20世纪90年代末以来迅速在非洲市场占据一席之地的原因。这一问题需要我们结合非洲市场的下列3个特点来讨论。(1 In recent years, China-Africa economic and trade exchanges have become increasingly close. 1 A large number of Chinese products have flowed into Africa, and more and more Chinese companies have begun direct investment in Africa. This article focuses on the reasons why China’s textiles, clothing, and small commodities have rapidly occupied a place in the African market since the late 1990s. This issue requires us to discuss the following three characteristics of the African market. (1