As of the end of 2018, Xiamen had cumulatively approved 1,328 outbound investment projects, with a total capital of $15.32 billion (including $13.76 billion from Chinese investors).

During the first six months of 2016, contracted outbound investment from Xiamen totaled $3.36 billion, rising 201 percent from the same period last year.

Chinese investors spent $2.95 billion from January to May, according to signed contracts in 163 overseas investment projects newly registered in Xiamen.

The Fujian port city of Xiamen recorded a remarkable growth in overseas investment in the first quarter in 2016.

Xiamen invested 14.4 billion yuan ($2.2 billion) in the overseas market in 2015, marking a new milestone in the city's outbound investment growth.

New data released by the Xiamen Commerce Bureau shows that 93 outbound investment projects registered in Xiamen in the first ten months of 2015.