[Ministry of Commerce: From January to August, Chinese enterprises’ non-financial direct investment in countries jointly building the “Belt and Road” was US$24.36 billion, a decrease of 7.4%] On September 24, the Ministry of Commerce released data. From January to August 2026, Chinese enterprises’ non-financial direct investment in the countries jointly building the “Belt and Road” was RMB 167.24 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 11.3% (USD 24.36 billion in US dollars, a decrease of 7.4%). In terms of foreign contracted projects, the value of newly signed project contracts by Chinese companies in the "Belt and Road" countries was 1.04986 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 2.0% (USD 152.92 billion, an increase of 2.4%); the completed turnover was 682.35 billion yuan, an increase of 7.7% (USD 99.39 billion, an increase of 12.5%).