China Has Record Foreign Investment Outflow as $168 Billion Exit
- International firms invested least amount since 1992 last year
- Chinese companies extend rapid growth of overseas investments
Pudong's Lujiazui Financial District, in Shanghai.
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China saw record outflows of foreign direct investment last year, an exodus that threatens to persist after the resumption of a trade war with the US.
Net FDI dropped by $168 billion in 2024, according to the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, the biggest capital flight in data going back to 1990. Foreign investment into China has slumped in recent years after hitting a historical high of $344 billion in 2021.