Chinese investment in Europe surged to a seven-year high of €16.8 billion in 2025, a 67% year-on-year increase. M&A activity rose 89% to €7.9 billion, while record greenfield investments reached €8.9 billion. Germany and France saw significant FDI growth.
Chinese investment in the US is unlikely to recover meaningfully from its mid-2010s collapse even if President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump reach a bilateral deal when they meet in Beijing next month, according to a report released on Thursday. Rhodium Group, an American research firm that tracks China’s cross-border investment, said Chinese foreign direct investment (FDI) in the United States had “fallen significantly from its 2016 peak, and remained at low levels for the past five...
Rhodium Group projects China could lose nearly France's entire population over the next decade, with falling populations in wealthy coastal provinces set to impact consumption, labor productivity and social security systems. The research warns that demographic pressures will likely contribute to weakening credit and lower interest rates.
