Beijing, May 22 (Xinhua) — According to He Yong, spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce, from January to April 2025, China’s total industry outward direct investment will reach 57.54 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 7.5%.
He Yongqian reported the above information at the routine press conference held by the Ministry of Commerce on the same day. He Yongqian said that in the first four months, China’s foreign non-financial direct investment was US $51.04 billion, up 5.6% year on year, and the non-financial direct investment in countries under the joint construction of the “the Belt and Road” was US $12.78 billion, up 16.4% year on year.
She also introduced that in the first four months, China’s foreign contracted engineering completed a turnover of 47.11 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 6.8%; The newly signed contract amount was 76.59 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 22.4%. Among them, the turnover of Chinese enterprises in jointly constructing the “the Belt and Road” national contracting projects reached 37.99 billion US dollars, up 5.2% year on year; The newly signed contract amount was 64.54 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 17.4%.