Graphic: Rising Tide of Investment

(Beijing) – Mainland Chinese investors spent a total of US$ 33.7 billion on overseas properties from January 2008 to June this year, according to a report from international private properties consultancy firm Cushman & Wakefield that was released on October 21.

Investment in overseas properties was only US$ 75.2 million in 2008, but since then the figure has soared. Last year, the figure rose to US$ 15.8 billion. In the first six months of this year, some US$ 5.1 billion has been invested abroad.