Abstract

This Article provides a thorough analysis of the legal dimensions of Chinese foreign direct investment (FDI) in port and rail infrastructures under China's Belt and Road Initiatives (B&R). As part of the initiative to facilitate FDI, China has pursued further liberalization and deregulation by establishing Free Trade Zones (FTZs), deepened reforms of outbound direct investment regulations, strengthened regional free trade by forming a B&R-based Free Trade Area (FTA) and continued the reforms in port governance in China. Sovereign Wealth Funds and State-owned Enterprises are the ...