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ARTICLE · 21 OCTOBER 2015

China Offshore - October 2015

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Welcome to our second report on China's Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and outbound mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity.

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INTRODUCTION

Welcome to our second report on China's Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and outbound mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity. In this edition we set out an overview of the movement of FDI and how this translates from an offshore perspective.

Price swings in the stock markets, and a surprise currency devaluation in China in August, have fuelled fears that the Chinese economy may be slowing more sharply than was expected, putting Beijing's 2015 growth target of 7% at risk. Despite this recent volatility and continued slowdown in growth, we believe that in the medium term China will stabilise.

The OECD suggests that slowing real estate and business investment will be countered to some extent by stepped-up infrastructure investment. Consumption is set to remain robust. Urbanisation and the rapid expansion of service industries will generate employment and keep unemployment low. Enduring overcapacity in certain heavy industries should keep producer

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