According to Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China, the government is consolidating the roadmap for the "13th five-year plan" and the “belt and road” will be the key project.

For the past eight months, the direct investment from Chinese enterprises in 48 countries along the “belt and road” has exceeded 10.7 billion USD, and majority of the investment went to countries like Singapore, Kazakhstan, Indonesia, Russia and Thailand.

Anbound’s scholars are of the view that the implementation of the “belt and road” initiatives requires vast investment.

This tests China’s ability to sustain its overseas investment.