Overseas assets held by China worth $6 trillion: commerce minister

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FILE PHOTO: China's Commerce Minister Zhong Shan attends a news conference of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) trade ministers meeting in Shanghai
FILE PHOTO: China’s Commerce Minister Zhong Shan attends a news conference of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) trade ministers meeting in Shanghai, China August 2, 2017. REUTERS/Aly Song

October 19, 2017

BEIJING (Reuters) – Overseas assets held by China are currently worth $6 trillion, Commerce Minister Zhong Shan said on Thursday.

Irrational overseas investment has been effectively curbed this year, Zhong said, speaking on the sidelines of the 19th Communist Party Congress.

(Reporting by Ben Blanchard and Lusha Zhang; editing by Nick Macfie)

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