In 2016, the Chinese investors made direct investment overseas in 7,961 enterprises of 164 countries and regions. The direct investment overseas amounted to RMB 1.12992 trillion, going up 53.7% year on year (equivalent to US$170.11 billion, up 44.1% year on year). Among these, investment of equity and debt instrument was RMB 1.01036 trillion (equivalent to US$152.11 billion, up 50.3% year on year), taking up 89.4%; the re-investment of earnings reached RMB119.56 billion (equivalent to US$18 billion, up 7.1% year on year), taking up 10.6%.