2011 Articles

China: Inward and Outward Foreign Direct Investment

Sauvant, Karl P.

China has become a major player in the world foreign direct investment market. After emerging, during the 1980s, from its isolation and beginning its integration into the world economy, China rapidly became a major host country for foreign direct investment (FDI). This article provides a brief review of China’s inward and outward direct investment, as well as its policy context and challenges that China is facing.