China's investment on Belt and Road grows steadily

Chinese enterprises have invested US$8.55 billion in 52 countries which are taking part in the Belt and Road Initiative from January to August of 2017, accounting for 12.4 percent of China's total foreign-bound investment, 4.3 percentage points higher than the same period last year, the Ministry of Commerce announced.

The structure of China's foreign-bound investment is continuously being optimized. The funds are mainly flowing to the lease and commercial service industry, manufacturing, wholesale, retail and information communication, software and information technology services, according to the ministry.

The overseas economic and trade cooperation zones attracted US$6.72 billion investment from Chinese enterprises, and generated a total output value of US$18.71 billion from January to August.

By the end of August, Chinese enterprises have built 99 economic and trade cooperation zones in 44 countries. With 3,882 enterprises, these cooperation zones have so far attracted a total investment of US$32.38 billion, and created 247,000 jobs.