The turnover of China’s overseas contracted projects in January-August of 2018 reached 616.04 billion yuan, up 1.9% year on year (equivalent to US$95.04 billion, up 7.4% year on year); and the value of the newly-signed contracts was 898.85 billion yuan, down 12% year on year (equivalent to US$138.67 billion, down 7.3% year on year).