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China's outbound investment maintains steady growth in 2025: commerce ministry

January 23, 2026


Abstract : Chinese enterprises' outbound investment maintained healthy, steady and orderly growth in 2025, driven by high-quality cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative, the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday.

BEIJING, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Chinese enterprises' outbound investment maintained healthy, steady and orderly growth in 2025, driven by high-quality cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative, the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday.

By the end of 2025, Chinese investors had established over 50,000 overseas enterprises across 190 countries and regions, and China's cumulative outbound investment had ranked among the world's top three for nine consecutive years, ministry spokesperson He Yongqian told a regular press conference.

China's outbound direct investment reached 174.38 billion U.S. dollars in 2025, up 7.1 percent from a year earlier and remaining among the world's top, according to the spokesperson.

Chinese companies going global have actively fulfilled their social responsibilities, creating more than 2 million jobs on average each year, the spokesperson said. They have financed and built numerous livelihood projects in education, healthcare and environmental protection, earning widespread recognition from host countries, He noted.

In 2026, the ministry will promote integrated development of trade and investment, support enterprises in international operations, and deepen cooperation in emerging sectors such as the digital economy and green development, to make greater contributions to the steady growth of the global economy, said the spokesperson.

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