China Global Investment Tracker
Editor’s note: The value of China’s overseas investment and construction combined since 2005 exceeds $2 trillion. In 2020-1, documented investment and construction both plunged due to the pandemic. Investment started recovering in the first half of 2020, construction has not yet. Within China’s smaller overall footprint, the Belt and Road Initiative has become relatively more important. The US and other rich countries continue to be suspicious of some 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 nearly 4000 large transactions across energy, transportation, technology, property and other sectors, as well as more than 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.
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THE CHINA GLOBAL INVESTMENT TRACKER IS PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE AND THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION.
HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DATA? Contact Derek Scissors by email or phone at 202-862-7168.
