EVOLUTION OF CHINA’S OUTWARD FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT REGIME: IMPLICATIONS FOR SOUTHEAST ASIA UNDER THE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
THERESA YAN ◽  
PETER ENDERWICK
Keyword(s):  
Direct Investment ◽  
Outward Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Belt And Road Initiative ◽  
Multilateral Institutions ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Chinese Policy ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
Catch Up ◽  
Asean Countries ◽  
The Belt And Road

Assessment of the likely impact of Chinese OFDI on the ASEAN members of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) requires understanding of the evolution of Chinese policy, regulations and institutions. Utilizing recent developments in institutional theory, this paper examines the interplay between China’s OFDI regulations and enterprise supportive policies. Liberalization of FDI regulations complements policies of technological catch-up and the development of regionally focused multilateral institutions. Evidence of an increasing level of Chinese OFDI since 2003, and of a larger share attracted to the BRI group, particularly the ASEAN countries, is consistent with the theorizing.

scholarly journals The Trend of Reduced Chinese Investments in the Belt and Road Initiative: Spending Contentions and Preparations for an Upcoming Financial Crisis

Desafíos ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Spellmann ◽  
Alexandre César Cunha Leite
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Outward Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Belt And Road Initiative ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
The Belt And Road

Este artículo busca establecer explicaciones para el cambio en el patrón de inversiones presentado en el flujo de inversión directa no financiera (IED) de China en la Nueva Ruta de la Seda (NRS). En primer lugar, la reducción de las inversiones en nrs se verifica a través del análisis del Statistical Bulletin of China’s Outward Foreign Direct Investment entre los años 2013 y 2016. Después, al tratar de explicar la reducción del flujo de ied no financiera de China a nrs, este artículo analiza dos hipótesis. Primero, retrata las medidas actuales de control del gasto público de China, que abordan el crecimiento del exceso de capacidad del país, mientras discute las similitudes entre la economía china y la crisis japonesa de principios de la década de 1990. Posteriormente, contempla la posibilidad de que los preparativos realizados por las autoridades chinas se contrarresten por la inestabilidad anticipada de los mercados mundiales. La confluencia de estos factores ayuda a explicar la reducción del flujo no financiero de ied a nrs, que contrasta con la tendencia contemporánea hacia la inversión china en el mundo durante el mismo período.

DOES THE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE RESHAPE CHINA’S OUTWARD FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN ASEAN? SHIFTING MOTIVES OF STATE-OWNED AND PRIVATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
SHI JIN ◽  
HU XIAOHUI ◽  
LI YUNXIONG ◽  
FENG TAO
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Belt And Road Initiative ◽  
Conditional Logit ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
Asean Countries ◽  
The Belt And Road ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

In recent years, China has been increasingly witnessed as a major global outward investor, especially since the launch of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2013. The question of whether and if yes how the BRI reshapes firm outward investment motives remains under-researched. Using a project-level database of China’s Outward Direct Investment from the Ministry of Commerce from 2010 to 2015, this paper investigates the changing investment motives of state-owned and private-owned enterprises (SOEs and POEs) before and after the implementation of the BRI in two periods, namely 2010–2013 and 2014–2015. Our conditional logit models show that (1) market-seeking is one of the key motives for both POEs and SOEs; (2) POEs pursued natural resources in ASEAN based on geographical and relational proximity in the pre-BRI period while SOEs are directed to exploit natural resources in ASEAN besides remoter destinations after the launch of the BRI; (3) POEs are risk-taking in both periods, which runs counter to conventional expectations. This can be explained by the long-term investment tradition of POEs in ASEAN in which POEs are attracted predominantly by socio-economic factors and often less sensitive to variegated host institutions among ASEAN countries and (4) the BRI promotes Chinese OFDI in ASEAN through increased senior leader visits and enhanced diplomatic relations.

scholarly journals Do Central and Eastern Europe Countries Play a Role in the Belt and Road Initiative? The Case of Chinese OFDI into the CEE–16 Countries

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 7-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomasz Bieliński ◽  
Magdalena Markiewicz ◽  
Ewa Oziewicz
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Outward Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Belt And Road Initiative ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
Development Path ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
The Belt And Road ◽  
The Eu

The main aim of the article was to analyze the motives behind the FDI decisions of Chinese companies’ capital engagement in Central and Eastern Europe. The article examines the applicability of existing theoretical concepts towards Chinese outward foreign direct investment (OFDI). Chinese OFDI patterns have been found to be consistent with Dunning’s investment development path (IDP) theory, but research shows that OFDI to CEE countries is additionally driven by specific motives different than in other regions. The study has proved that one of the major purposes is to get access to the EU common market. Additionally, data analysis has revealed that CEE countries that are not part of the EU attract proportionally more Chinese FDI than those that have easier access to EU funds.

China’s Belt and Road Initiative with ASEAN Countries: Examining the Trade Cooperation and Impact of Coronavirus

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Haniff Jedin ◽  
Zhang Meng Di
Keyword(s):  
Belt And Road Initiative ◽  
Total Import ◽  
Export Volume ◽  
Engineering Standards ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
Import And Export ◽  
Trade War ◽  
Asean Countries ◽  
Building Program ◽  
The Belt And Road

The rising US–China tension in the global trade war increased the trade cooperation between China and the ASEAN. Consequently, China’s total import and export volume with ASEAN increased tremendously to 684.60 billion USD in 2020, up by 6.7% year on year. This trend is part of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) which promotes China’s infrastructure building program in the neighboring ASEAN countries and exports China’s technical know-how and engineering standards. However, the recent coronavirus outbreak that stormed China and the rest of the world caused delays to many BRI projects. Subsequently, this outbreak also hit the ASEAN countries and halted many of their mega-projects under the BRI framework. Thus, this study attempts to highlight the trade cooperation and project developments of BRI in the ASEAN countries. In addition, the study features the landscape of BRI projects that were affected by the coronavirus amongst the ASEAN countries.

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