China Global Investment Tracker

Editor’s note: The value of China’s overseas investment and construction combined since 2005 exceeds $2 trillion. In 2020, documented investment and construction both plunged due to the pandemic (and should recover as it ebbs). The Belt and Road Initiative has become relatively more important, though within a smaller Chinese footprint overall, as the US and other rich countries have discouraged Chinese activity.

The China Global Investment Tracker (CGIT) is the only comprehensive public data set covering China’s global investment and construction, which are documented both separately and together. Inaugurated in 2005, the CGIT includes 3,500 large transactions across energy, transportation, real estate, technology, and other sectors, as well as 300 troubled transactions. The full list, with the amount, Chinese parent company, host country, and sector, is available for public use with the proper citation. The tracker is published by the American Enterprise Institute.