China’s Changing Outbound Foreign Direct Investment Profile: Drivers and Policy Implications
After decades of negligible outbound foreign direct investment, Chinese firms' outbound investment has reached significant levels in recent years, challenging international investment norms and affecting international relations.
After decades of negligible outbound foreign direct investment (FDI), Chinese firms’ outbound investment has reached significant levels in recent years, challenging international investment norms and affecting international relations. Daniel Rosen and Thilo Hanemann review the data behind China’s growing outbound investment, consider the commercial and political forces driving this growth, and analyze both foreign and domestic obstacles for Chinese overseas investors.