what are some examples of foreign direct investment 
one of the most sweeping examples of fdi in the world today is the chinese initiative known as one belt one road obor this program sometimes referred to as the belt and road initiative involves a commitment by china to substantial fdi in a range of infrastructure programs throughout africa asia and even parts of europe the program is typically funded by chinese state owned enterprises and organizations with deep ties to the chinese government similar programs are undertaken by other nations and international bodies including japan the united states and the european union the bottom linefdi involves the direct investment by companies or governments into foreign firms or projects this accounts for trillions in cash flows around the world with the u s and china leading in the fdi inflow statistics for smaller and developing countries fdi funds can be a substantial part of overall gdp foreign portfolio investment fpi is related to fdi but instead involves owning the securities issued by firms such as stock in foreign companies rather than direct capital investments 