Against the backdrop of shrinking outbound investments around the world, China's outbound investments are increasing. China has now become the world's third largest investor, after the United States ...

The strong growth of mainland outbound FDI has, in fact, been extending for over a decade. From 2002 to 2015, mainland FDI dramatically increased from US$27 billion to US$1,456.7 billion.

Against the backdrop of China's rising global significance, outbound investment is playing an increasingly important part in the building of China's open economic system. However, China's outbound ...