China proclaimed its policy of reformand opening in the late 1970s
After China proclaimed its policy of reformand open-
ing in the late 1970s, it first positioned itself as a signifi –
cant host country for foreign direct investment (FDI).
Only since the beginning of the 21st century did China’ s rise
as a maj or outward investor begin. Based on the statis-
tics by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Devel –
opment (UNCTAD) , it is expected that China’ s annual FDI
inflows and outflows will be balanced within a fewyears
(Fig. 2). MOFCOM, however, has already reported that FDI
outflows fromChina totaled US $145. 7 billion in 2015, more
than the US $135. 6 billion that flowed in (MOFCOMet al.
2016: 7).
The differences in the data may be due to different
data collection and reporting methods, but may also be due
to their different dates of publication (UNCTAD: June 2016;
MOFCOM: September 2016;). It will,
however, take China much longer to catch up on its out-
ward FDI stock .
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