China's investment in Belt and Road countries up 28.9%


Chinese construction workers perform soldering operations at a construction site of China-Laos railway project. - Xinhua

BEIJING (Xinhua): China's non-financial direct investments in countries along the Belt and Road (B&R) stood at US$10.27 billion in the first seven months, up by 28.9 per cent year-on-year, data showed on Thursday (Aug 20).

The investments accounted for 17 per cent of China's total non-financial outbound direct investments in the same period, up by 4.5 percentage points year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Commerce.

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