China Outbound Intelligence

China is reshaping global industry, but conventional data misses the mark. The rise of competitive multinationals is the next chapter of China’s development story, with far-reaching economic, business, and security implications. But existing datasets leave major gaps on where these firms are moving, how they are entering markets, and how they are affecting supply chains and local economies.

COI provides the most comprehensive view of Chinese firms’ global expansion. By connecting proprietary data on transactions, entities, and operations, COI shows where Chinese firms are expanding, how they are entering markets, and how deeply they are becoming embedded abroad.

Designed for decision-makers

Governments use COI to understand how Chinese firms’ overseas expansion affects markets, economic competition, and security interests. Built for national and economic security assessments, strategic policy planning, and investment promotion.

Corporates use COI to assess how Chinese firms’ global expansion impacts competition, creates new market opportunities, and reshapes global supply chains. Built for corporate strategy and competitor intelligence, regulatory compliance, and supply chain risk assessments.

Investors use COI to evaluate Chinese firms’ overseas growth, market entry patterns, corporate relationships, and emerging risks. Built for investment research, due diligence and risk assessments, and M&A and transaction advisory.

Built on proprietary datasets

COI combines several datasets to provide you with a holistic view into Chinese competitors.

Investment

COI features the most comprehensive suite of data on Chinese firms’ overseas investment, including Rhodium Group’s signature dataset on Chinese outbound FDI transactions as well as complementary datasets on other types of capital flows. Coverage extends beyond announcements to estimates of realized spending, distinguishing investment pledges from deployed capital.

Partnerships

In addition to equity investments, COI includes non-equity channels of overseas expansion by Chinese firms: commercial partnerships, research collaborations, technology alliances, and other forms of engagement that may not involve direct ownership.

Operations

COI also provides unique datasets that capture Chinese firms’ global operations, including international revenue, workforce, and intellectual property. Use these signals to understand how dependent Chinese firms are on overseas revenue from different regions, how they are building global brands, and whether they are truly localizing their workforce.

Research and technology

COI features several datasets that capture Chinese firms’ overseas technology footprints, including technology development partnerships, global patents, and international R&D operations. Evaluate whether overseas expansion is translating into local innovation in host economies, and how foreign engineers and inventors contribute to Chinese firms’ technology development.