About
The China Cross-Border Monitor uses a transaction-based methodology to create a clear picture of China’s overseas investments and business presence.
Rhodium Group’s China Cross-Border Monitor aims to increase transparency on China’s global investments and economic footprint. Traditional statistics capturing outbound FDI by Chinese companies are distorted by tax optimization and capital controls, creating a skewed picture of China’s overseas investments. Our transaction-based methodology tracks more than half a million individual investments worldwide, helping create a more transparent view of China’s global investment footprint.
In line with the broader CBM mission to increase the transparency of China’s overseas economic footprint, much of our data is free to the public. Users can break down the data by geography, industry, investor, and other variables so the output fits their research needs. Our dataset can provide answers to questions as broad as “how much Chinese investment is there in Germany” to “how many greenfield automotive investments did Chinese firms make in Morocco in the last four years?”
If you need help navigating the site, our user guide explains the functions of our platform and how to filter the data to suit your needs. Read more here.
CBM Plus
Our CBM Plus solution offers more granular data access for governments, businesses, researchers, and civil society groups. CBM Plus users have access to our interactive data tables which allow customizable views of data, details of individual transactions, and detailed investor mapping. This granular perspective can be used for a range of policy and business applications—from attracting specific types of Chinese greenfield FDI to monitoring potentially problematic acquisitions and stress-testing global supply chain de-risking strategies.
Contact
To contact the China Cross-Border Monitor team, email us at [email protected]. For media inquiries, please email us at [email protected].
About Rhodium Group
Rhodium Group is an independent research provider with deep expertise in policy and economic analysis. We help decision-makers in both the public and private sectors navigate global challenges through objective, original, and data-driven research and insights. Our key areas of expertise are China’s economy and policy dynamics, and global climate change and energy systems.
More information is available at rhg.com.