The volume of Chinese exports to the countries along the "belt and the way" grew by 2% to $ 244 billion

Almaty. July 8. Silkroadnews - The volume of China's exports and investment in the countries along the "Silk Road economic zone and maritime Silk Road of the 21st century" trade and infrastructure network rose steadily during the first 5 months, informs the newspaper "People's Daily".
"In January-May, the volume of exports to countries along the "belt and the way", increased by 2% compared to the same period last year to 244 billion US dollars", - said in a statement referring to the representative of the Ministry of Commerce Shen Danyang.
In January-May this year, Chinese enterprises invested in 48 countries and regions, along the "belt and the way" $4.86 billion. This figure increased by 3.7%. The main recipients of Chinese capital began to Singapore, Indonesia, Laos and Russia.
Construction Initiative "belt and the way" was launched in 2013 with the aim of reviving the ancient trade route linking Asia with Europe. The network passes through more than 60 countries and regions with a total population of 4.4 billion people.
According to the Ministry of Commerce, in the first five months of 2015 over a quarter of total exports and about a fifth of China's direct investments were directed to the countries of the region "belt and the way."
During this period of time, Chinese companies have signed contracts for the implementation of more than 1 thousand projects in the countries along the "belt and the way" worth $25.1 billion with an increase of 19.1% against the same period last year, said Shen Danyang.
He also said that as of the end of May, in these countries there were more than 2.8 million Chinese workers, or more than a third of all employed overseas Chinese workers.