Quotable

China's outbound direct investment will continue to grow by about 20 percent a year, overtaking the US as the world's largest outbound direct investor over the next few years. Another important trend is that private investors are becoming the main driving force of ODI."

Spencer Lake, global head of capital financing at HSBC Holdings Plc

"The developed world is not the catalyst for growth that it once was for developing nations. China seems to be outperforming other emerging markets in a weaker world trade environment in which developing countries are now being left badly exposed."

David Lubin, a London-based economist with Citigroup Inc

"In some regions, the creation of highway networks has been surplus to requirements, leaving debts that will take many years to absorb. Moderate, advanced development of highways is necessary, of course, but more care should be given to how many are built, and where."

Ouyang Mijian, a financial commentator

(China Daily European Weekly 07/10/2015 page2)