From January to April, 2024, Chinese enterprises made non-financial direct investment worth 77.77 billion yuan in countries along the “Belt and Road”, up 20.4% year-on-year (equivalent to 10.95 billion U.S. dollars, up 16.2%).

In terms of foreign contracted projects, the value of contracts newly signed between China and countries along the “Belt and Road” stood at 386.29 billion yuan up 17.7% (equivalent to 54.39 billion U.S. dollars, up 13.6%); the value of performed overseas project contracts was 252.56 billion yuan, up 9.1% (equivalent to 35.56 billion U.S. dollars, up 5.3%).