China’s overseas investment reaches record $214 billion as US flows fall
China’s outbound direct investment rose 11.1 per cent in 2025 to a record US$214 billion, according to official data cited by the South China Morning Post. China remained the world’s second-largest source of global capital, while investment in the United States fell to its lowest level in more than a decade.
China’s outbound direct investment reached a record US$214 billion in 2025, rising 11.1 per cent from the previous year, according to official data reported by the South China Morning Post. The increase made China the world’s second-largest source of global capital, behind the United States and ahead of Japan, the report said. The figures were contained in an annual report produced jointly by the bodies cited by the newspaper, though the supplied material does not name them.
Investment in the United States moved in the opposite direction, falling to its lowest level in more than a decade. The report linked the decline to increasing geopolitical and regulatory uncertainty. The available material does not provide the value of China’s US-bound investment, identify the sectors affected or give comparisons with other destination countries.
It also does not detail the specific regulatory measures or geopolitical developments cited as contributing to the fall.
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