Belt and Road Weekly Investor Intelligence #10

Tuesday, January 5, 2021  

Welcome to this week’s issue of China Briefing’s Belt & Road Initiative Weekly Investor Intelligence round up.

We cover the latest China BRI and foreign trade policy, look at foreign media BRI comments, discuss the future of Hong Kong as a financial center, explain why China’s state-owned entities (SOEs) invested more in Latin America in 2020 than in the United States and Europe combined, take a look at Kaliningrad as a multi-modal port, and look at why investment into the Russian Far East is booming and where.

China to Continue Multilateral Trade Development Policy Along the BRI in 2021 – More EU Nations to Sign BRI MoU?

The Central Government’s “Economic Work Conference” was just held in Beijing, with new alignment between domestic and foreign trade markets. China’s foreign trade was up 1.8 percent in 2020, while the BRI and Dual Circulation Strategy are key trade issues for 2021.

China’s Belt & Road and Beyond

The past week’s global media coverage, criticism, and commentary about the BRI.

Chinese Companies Hunting in Latin America for Belt & Road M&A

Chinese ODI in Latin America this year was more than that into the US and Europe combined. 

A Reinvented Hong Kong is Emerging to Become a US$3 Trillion Financial Services Wealth Management Hub

Comments suggesting Hong Kong’s demise are inaccurate; the city is a wealth management hub and key to accessing US$3 trillion in assets and offers plenty of opportunities to financial specialists and investment funds. 

Kaliningrad Emerges as a Major China-Europe Multi-Modal Sea Port

Kaliningrad offers multi-modal access to Scandinavia, reducing transport time to 15 days from 40-45. With a growing need for faster sourcing responses during the pandemic, the first block train from China to Norway via Kaliningrad has arrived. 

Russian Far East Records Significant Foreign Direct Investment Increases

The Russian Far East, an area of North-East Asia covering 6.2 million sq.km (2,400,000 sq mi), now accounts for 32 percent of all Foreign Direct Investment into Russia, according to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Trutnev. We explain who is investing and why.  

Asian Countries Now Have More Diplomatic Missions in Russia Than the EU

Russia’s withdrawal from European investors is increasing with more Asian than EU countries having diplomatic missions in the country. We examine which countries and where non-Moscow consuls have been established as Moscow looks East instead of West for future trade and development. 

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