According to a report by the National Committee on US-China Relations and Rhodium Group, Chinese direct investment in the United States rose to a record $15 billion in 2015.
Two-Way Street: 25 Years of US-China Direct Investment, a report by Rhodium Group and the National Committee on US-China Relations reads that American foreign direct investment (FDI) in China totaled $228 billion from 1990 to 2015, while Chinese FDI in the United States came in at $64 billion. Based on this data, US investments exceed China’s by 3.56 times. However, in recent years, investment trends have started to change.
The US FDI in China amounted to about $13 billion in 2015, down from about $16 billion in 2012 and about $21 billion in 2008.
Meanwhile, China’s FDI in the United States in the period of 2011-2015 was growing by 30% on average. Thus, Chinese investment surged quickly and rose to about $15 billion in 2015 from $1 billion in 2008. About $30 billion of deals and projects are already pending for this year, according to the study.
The growing flow of money into the US was due to China’s GDP growth and the government’s efforts on economic restructuring.
Chinese non-financial outbound direct investment increased by 53.3% year-on-year to reach $145.96 billion in the January-October period.