Chinese Investment Into BRI Nations Hits Highest Since 2018

  • China’s firms put $50 billion in foreign projects, report says
  • Investment into high-technology sector grew substantially
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China’s investment into Belt and Road countries rose last year to the highest since 2018, a new report says, with companies putting almost $50 billion into overseas projects.

Total investment was almost 80% higher than in 2022 and helped take total engagement with the 150 countries that have signed up to the infrastructure initiative to more than $1 trillion since 2013, according to a new report from Griffith University in Australia and Fudan University in Shanghai.