Chinese companies invested nearly $15 billion in countries participating in Beijing's new Silk Road initiative last year, up one-fifth from 2014, President Xi Jinping said in Uzbekistan, lauding a scheme that is one of his key foreign policy.
Reuters: China’s Xi lauds new Silk Road, says $15 billion invested last year
China's President Xi Jinping attends a press conference after a meeting with his Polish counterpart on June 20, 2016 in the presidential palace in Warsaw.