Chinese investment is flowing into ASEAN once more as projects under the Belt & Road Initiative (BRI) see a recovery and ongoing trade tensions with the US are prompting Chinese companies to invest in parts of Southeast Asia, according to a report from Maybank Kim Eng.
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Singapore (VNA) – Chinese investment is flowing into ASEAN once moreas projects under the Belt & Road Initiative (BRI) see a recovery andongoing trade tensions with the US are prompting Chinese companies to invest inparts of Southeast Asia, according to a report from Maybank Kim Eng.
China’s investments and construction contracts in ASEAN rebounded to 11 billionUSD in the first six months of 2019, double the amount in the six previous months,Maybank Kim Eng data showed. For the whole of 2018, investments hit 22.4billion USD, down from the peak of 38.2 billion USD seen in 2017.
The recovery was largely led by Indonesia, Cambodia, Singapore & Vietnam,while revival of BRI projects in Malaysia is expected to boost Chineseinvestment in 2020.
In all, Chinese investments in ASEAN account for 35percent of all BRI projects between 2014 and 2018, with Malaysia taking up thelargest share at 7.2 percent, which is worth 27.5 billion USD.
China investments are also driving a property and tourism boom in Cambodia asreal estate investment surged 53 percent to 4.6 billion USD in the first sevenmonths of 2019, compared to the same period last year.
Maybank Kim Eng economists pointed out that as China becomes a larger investorin the region, the US and Japan are working on more Indo-Pacific initiativessuch as the US Development Finance Corporation and Japan’s Partnership forQuality Infrastructure.
A recent survey showed that almost 25 percent of US firms in China plan toshift their manufacturing facilities to ASEAN as a result.
Maybank Kim Eng noted that China’s investment in the US is collapsing, reachingjust 3 billion USD in the first half of 2019. Investments have been on adecline after hitting a peak of 55 billion USD in 2016./.
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