Chinese enterprises made a non-financial direct investment of US$3.98 billion in 45 countries along the Belt and Road in January-April 2017, going down 18.9% year on year, taking up 15.1% of the total amount over the same period of time. The investment mainly flew to Singapore, Laos, Indonesia, Pakistan, Malaysia, Cambodia and Russia.

Regarding the contracted projects overseas, the number of the contracts signed by the Chinese enterprises in 61 countries along the Belt and Road reached 1,862, and the value of the newly-signed contracts amounted to US$31.85 billion, taking up 51.5% of China’s total contract value of the contracted projects over the same period of time, going up 2.3% year on year. The turnover reached US$ 18.95 billion, taking up 48.1% of the total, up 5.6% year on year.