The Role of the BVI in Asia
The British Virgin Islands (BVI) is the world's leading
corporate domicile, with approximately 454,000 active companies and
over 500 active limited partnerships. The BVI plays a key role in
structuring foreign direct investment (FDI), being the world's
fourth largest recipient of global FDI inflows, receiving
approximately US$92 billion of global FDI in 2013.
In terms of outbound FDI, the BVI also plays a leading role in
structuring investment into Asia. For example, the BVI is the
second largest investor in the People's Republic of China
(PRC), having provided US$10.4 billion (or 9.1%) of inward FDI into
that country in 2010, and approximately US$1 billion (or 25%) of
FDI into Taiwan in the same year. Similarly, the BVI is involved in
structuring investment in other Asian nations. In the first quarter
of 2011, the BVI was used as a platform to fund $200 million worth
of investment in Indonesia through 30 different projects, and
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