Ey released the overview of 2019 china outbound investment according to which china outbound investment in 2019 continued to decline chinas overall odi and the announced china overseas mas fell by 98 yoy and 31 yoy respectively. Outbound investments in china in line with the intention of the prc authorities to promote the new belt and silk road the pace of chinese investments outside of china aka outbound investments keeps growing chinese investors are looking for profitable opportunities as well as easier regulations to deal with when it comes to investment. Cms has extensive experience in advising chinese companies on outbound investments such as mergers and acquisitions ma the establishment of a joint venture or setting up a subsidiary overseas we are in particular familiar with all regulatory aspects of outbound investments including the filing and approval requirements in china and the investment control in foreign jurisdictions. China continued to be the worlds second largest source of foreign investment in 2019 despite the contraction in the global economy chinese enterprises odi will not only contribute to host