A U.S. consulting company estimates that Chinese companies' investment in the United States has fallen to the minimum level since the global financial crisis in 2009, showing the further decoupling of the world's two major economies.

According to the Bloomberg News Agency on Thursday (September 7), data provided by Rhodium Group (Rhodium Group) show that the amount of foreign direct investment transactions completed in the United States last year was US $ 2.49 billion (about 3.39 billionXinyuan), less than half of the amount in 2021, is also the lowest level since 2009.

Researchers, including Thilo Hanemann, wrote in the report that in the past seven years, China has been reduced from one of the five major investors in the United States to a second -tier investor and has been being.Qatar, Spain and Norway are surpassed.

The tension between China and the United States has continued to rise. Both countries have taken measures to limit each other's trade and investment in each other, especially in advanced technology areas that are regarded as sensitive for national security considerations.

Rong Ding quoted official US data that the scale of assets held in the United States in the United States in recent years has been stagnant. As of 2021, it was $ 282 billion, which is roughly the same as the level in 2017.

The report said that in 2021, the number of Chinese companies hired in the United States fell to only 140,000, a decrease of more than 60%from 2017.