In 2018, the non-financial outbound direct investment reached 797.4 billion yuan, a decrease of 1.6 percent, or $120.5 billion, up by 0.3 percent. Of this total, that to countries along the Belt and Road reached $15.6 billion, up by 8.9 percent.
In 2018, the accomplished business revenue through contracted overseas engineering projects was 1.12 trillion yuan, a decline of 1.7 percent, or $169.0 billion, up by 0.3 percent.
Specifically, the accomplished business revenue from countries along the Belt and Road was $89.3 billion, an increase of 4.4 percent, accounting for 52.8 percent of the accomplished business revenue through contracted overseas engineering projects.
The number of workers sent abroad through overseas labor contracts was 490 thousand.