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Lowy Institute Pacific Aid Map Project Director Alexandre Dayant says China’s aid to the Pacific peaked in 2016 and has been declining ever since.

China spent $516.73 million in the Pacific in 2016, while Australia spent $1.21 billion.

“What the Pacific aid map does is that it traces the … finance from the international community to the Pacific,” Mr Dayant told Sky News Australia.

“What we are seeing for China is that it peaked in 2016 and then it’s … been declining ever since.

“In 2021, we see that the Chinese financing has reached a level that was below its historic average but we don’t think … that this means China is leaving the Pacific whatsoever, it just means that China consolidates its finances in the region.”

China’s spending in the region in 2021 had declined to $289.44 million, whereas Australia's had increased spending to $1.76 billion.