BEIJING, July 27 (Xinhua) -- In the first five months of this year, direct investment of the Beijing-based enterprises in 19 countries along the Belt and Road routes totaled 125 million U.S. dollars, more than double over the same period last year, www.Chinanews.com reported on Friday.
According to the statistics, from 2014 to May, 2018, Beijing-based enterprises' direct investment in 31 countries along the Belt and Road totaled 3.373 billion U.S. dollars, mainly involving the industries of commercial services, manufacturing, and building sectors.
Since the Belt and Road Initiative was proposed five years ago, the Beijing-based enterprises have seen the steady growth in the overseas contracts value and participated in the more diversified projects. (Edited by Ma Xin, maxin11@xinhua.org)
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