China's investment in B&R countries up more than a quarter

China's noninancial direct investments in countries along the Belt and Road stood at US$10.27 billion in the first seven months, up by 28.9 percent year on year, Report says, citing data showed at the Ministry of Commerce of China.
The investments accounted for 17 percent of China's total nonfinancial outbound direct investments in the same period, up by 4.5 percentage points year on year, according to the Ministry of Commerce.
In terms of foreign contracted projects, Chinese enterprises have signed new contracts worth US$67.18 billion in countries along the B&R in the January-July period.
The new contract value accounts for 55.2 percent of China's foreign contracted projects in the same period.
The completed turnover of foreign contracted projects in B&R countries was US$40.43 billion, accounting for 57.8 percent of the country's total.