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Background of Chinese Outward FDI and Chinese MNEs in African Countries

In: The Operations of Chinese Infrastructure Multinationals in Africa

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  • Yuxuan Tang

    (Shanghai University of International Bus)

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The intensity of the debate has not always been proportional to the actual extent of China’s activities on the continent. Besides trade, investment and aid make up three main components of China’s economic involvement in Africa. With some data explication intuitively on background information of Chinese OFDI and investment in Africa, a considerable positive trend has been shown in over recent decades, although it still represents a small portion of China’s total FDI stock. Reviews of the last decades suggest, however, that China’s investments in Africa have increasingly diversified into different fields with immense and long-term profitability ambitions. It is accompanied by a clear governmental policy support of commercial ventures, abundant financing and tax benefits and robust diplomacy. This chapter reviews general perspectives on China’s involvement in Africa from policy-, total FDI, firm structure- and development- levels and provides the analysis of the driving forces of investment and the modes of investments.

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  • Yuxuan Tang, 2021. "Background of Chinese Outward FDI and Chinese MNEs in African Countries," Springer Books, in: The Operations of Chinese Infrastructure Multinationals in Africa, chapter 2, pages 15-40, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-981-16-2562-6_2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-2562-6_2
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