China’s total overseas direct investment (ODI) in the first half of the year increased by 3.8% compared to the same period last year, reaching 596.42 billion yuan ($86.5 billion), according to data from the Ministry of Commerce and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange.
Chinese investors made non-financial ODI totaling 453.06 billion yuan in approximately 6,870 companies across 144 countries and regions, China Daily reported, citing data from the agencies. Of this total, investments in countries along the “Belt and Road” amounted to 120.77 billion yuan, down 11.1% from the January–June 2025 period.
The value of overseas contracting work completed by Chinese companies in the first half of the year increased by 8% to 606.26 billion yuan. In Belt and Road participating countries, this figure rose by 11.8% to 520.71 billion yuan.
