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Juncker investment fund for Europe eyeing Sept launch

​The European Commission (EC) Wednesday adopted a package of measures to ensure an early autumn launch of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), the core of the investment plan for Europe, or the so-called Juncker plan.

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Experts urge more financial support to Belt and Road Initiative

Experts called on Chinese banks and financial institutions during a forum on Sunday to increase loans to aid investment in regions along the routes of the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative.

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Xinhua rolls out information products to facilitate Belt and Road trade, investment

China's Xinhua News Agency launched a new line of information products in a bid to help global investors form better partnerships along the Belt and Road Initiative on Thursday.

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Slovakia wants new rules to attract major investments

​Slovakia stands a big chance of attracting another car maker that would create thousands of jobs.

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China, U.S. to exchange second offers of negative lists in early September

China and the United States will exchange the second offers of negative lists, which outline sectors closed to foreign investment, for negotiations on a bilateral investment treaty (BIT) in early September, a senior Chinese official said on Wednesday.

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China, U.S. to focus on length, quality of negative lists in investment treaty talks

​China and the United States will focus on the length and quality of negative lists that outline sectors closed to foreign investment during the next two rounds of negotiations on a bilateral investment treaty (BIT), a senior Chinese official said Tuesday.

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Anticipating more Chinese investment in Spain's club: former Spanish PM

"Wanda's investment in Madrid Atletico is a win-win deal and we welcome more Chinese investors to be connected with Spanish soccer clubs," said Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, the former Spanish Prime Minister on Thursday.

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Chinese, U.S. investment in Africa "does not conflict," but "is complementary", expert says

China and the United States, the world's two biggest economies, are among the top 10 foreign investors in Africa, and their investment on the continent "does not conflict," but "is complementary" in many cases, a veteran expert told Xinhua in a recent interview.

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Myanmar, S. Korea to promote bilateral trade, investment

​Myanmar and South Korea will promote bilateral trade and investment under a letter of intent on the move signed at a S. Korea-Myanmar forum underway in Yangon, official media reported Friday.

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Hungary's central bank invests in Chinese gov't bonds

​The Hungarian National Bank has made the first step to invest in Chinese government bonds, according to a statement released by the bank on its website on Thursday.

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Sino-LatAm cooperation in production capacity new point of convergence for joint interests

​China-Latin American ties can be described as dynamic, with upgraded cooperation in production capacity and equipment manufacturing with a view to achieve mutual benefit.

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China "uncomfortable with" U.S. negative list for investment treaty talks

​China's Finance Minister Lou Jiwei has said his country is "uncomfortable with" the negative list provided by the United States, which is a key part of the ongoing negotiation of the Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) between the world's two largest economies.

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Mexico approves free trade deal with Panama

​Mexico's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has approved a free trade agreement (FTA) with Panama, according to a decree published Monday in the Government Gazette.

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Protests over gold-mine investment staged in Athens

​Thousands of protesters in favor and against a three-year gold mine investment in northern Greece took to the streets here on Thursday, staging two separate rallies which disrupted traffic for hours in the city center.

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Multinational companies upbeat about Chinese market

Senior multinational executives have shown confidence in the investment climate in China amid concerns that the business environment is deteriorating.

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Chinese investment in U.S. to remain bullish

​Chinese investment in the United States has been rising rapidly in recent years and it will remain bullish in the future despite some friction, Vinai Thummalapally, executive director of the SelectUSA, told Xinhua in an interview.

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Egypt's economic meeting brings billions of USD in investments

​As the three-day Egypt Economic Development Conference (EEDC) ended on Sunday in the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh, the total value of the investment deals agreed at the meeting hit about 60 billion U.S. dollars.