Chinese companies cater to Indonesia's need of infrastructure

China's economic and trade relationship with Indonesia is increasingly large and complex.

Over the last decade, China systematically overtook Indonesia's other trade partners like the United States, Singapore and Japan. Non-oil transactions worth $50.9 billion in 2013 made China the country's single largest trade partner. In 2003, non-oil trade was just $5 billion.

Indonesia is also a prime destination for Chinese investment. The country has a huge need of infrastructure, and Chinese companies have made themselves a global name building just that. In May, for example, the China-ASEAN Investment Cooperation Fund, which has both private and government capital, invested an undisclosed amount in an Indonesian telecom tower operator.