The Investment Development Path in China

Abstract

This paper introduces the past studies about the Investment Development Path theory and the current development situation of Chinese FDI. Based on the fact that China’s outward FDI first surpassed it inward FDI, this paper clearly defined each stage’s classification of the dynamic phases of Chinese investment development path by analysing the data of Chinese inward and outward FDI during 1985-2015. Meanwhile, it also points out that China has entered into the fourth stage officially in 2015. In the last, some suggestions to facilitate the further developing of Chinese FDI are brought forward.