Governments use COI to understand how Chinese firms’ overseas expansion affects markets, economic competition, and security interests.
Built for:
national and economic security assessments · strategic policy planning · investment promotion
Chinese firms are rapidly expanding abroad. Is your data keeping up?
China Outbound Intelligence (COI) provides actionable insights on China’s global investment and business expansion.
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Millions of data points.
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Global scope.
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Built on deep China expertise.
The next phase of China’s globalization is here. With China Outbound Intelligence, the data is too.
China’s global market push is reshaping industry, but conventional data misses the mark.
The rise of competitive multinationals is the next chapter of China’s development story, with far-reaching economic, commercial, and security implications. But existing datasets lag too far behind events and leave major gaps on where these firms are moving, how they are entering markets, and how they are affecting supply chains and local economies.
COI provides the most comprehensive view of Chinese firms’ global expansion.
By connecting proprietary data on transactions, entities, and operations, COI shows where Chinese firms are expanding, how they are entering markets, and how deeply they are becoming embedded abroad.
Turn data into actionable intelligence
Map Chinese firms’ expansion across markets and industries
Track 25 years of investment and operations globally, then narrow to the economies and sectors you care about most.
Go deep on individual companies
Zoom in to view company-level intelligence, from a firm’s overseas investments and subsidiaries to its partnerships and R&D footprint.
Catch expansion signals as they break
Detect early signs of overseas expansion and market entry and understand which economies, sectors, and companies are gaining momentum.
Designed for decision-makers
Corporates use COI to assess how Chinese firms’ global expansion impacts competition, creates new market opportunities, and reshapes global supply chains.
Built for:
corporate strategy and competitor intelligence · regulatory compliance · supply chain risk assessments
Investors use COI to evaluate Chinese firms’ overseas growth, market entry patterns, corporate relationships, and emerging risks.
Built for:
investment research · due diligence and risk assessments · M&A and transaction advisory
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Powered by Rhodium Group’s proprietary datasets
Investment
COI features the most comprehensive suite of data on Chinese firms’ overseas investment, including Rhodium Group’s signature dataset on Chinese outbound FDI transactions as well as complementary datasets on other types of capital flows. Coverage extends beyond announcements to estimates of realized spending, distinguishing investment pledges to deployed capital. See what that spending builds: the legal entities, facilities, and physical footprints Chinese firms are establishing worldwide.
Partnerships
In addition to equity investments, COI includes non-equity channels of overseas expansion by Chinese firms such as commercial partnerships, research collaborations, technology alliances, and other forms of engagement that may not involve direct ownership. Use COI’s novel partnerships datasets to understand how Chinese companies are building influence, market access, and operational reach beyond traditional equity investments.
Operations
COI tracks Chinese firms’ global operations with proprietary datasets, including international revenue, workforce, and intellectual property. Use these signals to understand how dependent Chinese firms are on overseas revenue from different regions, how they are building global brands, and whether they are truly localizing their workforce.
Research and technology
COI features several datasets that capture Chinese firms’ overseas technology footprints, including global patents and international R&D operations. Evaluate whether overseas expansion is translating into local innovation in host economies, and how foreign engineers and inventors contribute to Chinese firms’ technology development.
About Rhodium Group
Rhodium Group is an independent research provider combining economic data analytics and policy insight, with teams in the United States, Europe, and Asia. Our proprietary datasets power decision-making for governments, corporates, and investors worldwide.
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