Abstract

• Myanmar-China relations were rooted in history and the two countries maintained cordial relations throughout successive governments in Myanmar. China has continued its cooperation in Myanmar when Myanmar has been transitioned democratically since 2011. Along with reforms, Myanmar upgraded its policies for development cooperation and assistance in line with international standard. China extended social cooperation although it mostly focused on economic related relations in the past decades. Based on the background, the paper aims to explore China’s cooperation to Myanmar especially in education, humanitarian and public health sectors since 2011. This paper focuses on the question that what extent Chinese cooperation affects Myanmar social sector development particularly in such three areas. It examines Chinese activities in scholarship program, provision of school facilities, disaster relief and public health emergency assistance in the Covid-19 pandemic in Myanmar.