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An empirical study on impact of China’s outward foreign direct investment on export trade structure optimization

Ling Dan, Hu Wei-Xuan, Zhong Mei-Yan

In order to explore whether outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) upgrade the home country’s export trade structure, this paper builds the framework of empirical model analysis about optimized role of OFDI on trade structure by the use of trade competitiveness index indicators and related data. The results show that OFDI dose optimize the export trade structure of China, which provides the empirical basis for government decision-makers to make trade policies and strategy.