Part
of China's "Going Out"" strategy, China's OFDI, starting almost from
zero, has been growing exponentially since the onset of the financial
crisis.

Albeit
still minuscule in global terms, China's OFDI is reaching "commercially
and geoeconomically significant levels" which have ""begun to challenge
internaional investment norms and affect international realtions,"
according to a Petersen Institute for International Economics Policy
Brief (Number PB09-14) by Daniel Rosen and Thilo Hanemann dated June
2009 – "China's Changing Outbound Foreign Direct Investment Profile – Drivers and Policy Implications".

Download Petersen Institute Policy Brief – China's OFDI – Daniel Rosen & Thilo Hanemann – June 2009

The same two authors completed a Special Report on China's outbound direct foreign investments in the United States -"An American Open Door? – Maximizing the Benefits of Chinese Foreign Direct Investment"
dated May 2011 for the Centre on U.S.-China Relations and the Kissinger
Institute on China and the United States. Two-thirds of China's ODFI in
America are from private enterprises and the national footprints are
beginning to widen. The study examines the situation in detail and
proposes ways in which such investments may be better managed.

Download Petersen Institue- An American Open Door – China's OFDI – May 2011