China's Ministry of Commerce just released the latest Report on China's outward investment.
http://images.mofcom.gov.cn/fec/202102/20210202162924888.pdf
Some interesting stats to report:
1) Realized OFDI flow to #BRI countries in 2019: $18.69 bn, + 4.5% from 2018
(Chart shows OFDI flows to BRI countries 2013-2019)
2) Compared to OFDI, China's 2019 overseas construction & engineering contracting had a greater concentration in BRI countries: 59.5% of global new contract value and 56.7% of global actualized revenues were in BRI countries, with yearly growth of 23.1% and 9.7%, respectively.
Judging from these figures, BRI was hardly dying, at least in 2019.
To note, for statistical purposes, Chinese government maintains a list of 64 BRI countries (all in Asia, Central Eastern & Southern Europe).
http://www.brfmc2019.cn/201.shtml 
The list is also widely used in policy research by Chinese think tanks.
For the full list: http://ydyl.people.com.cn/n1/2017/0420/c411837-29225243.html
3) OFDI to BRI countries represented 13.7% of China's global OFDI in 2019. The share has been increasing since 2016.
4) Top ten BRI countries to receive the most OFDI from China in 2019. Mostly ASEAN countries:
Singapore
Indonesia
Vietnam
Thailand
UAE
Laos
Malaysia
Iraq
Kazakhstan
Cambodia
5) Globally, Asia received the largest share of Chinese OFDI in 2019, also a modest increase of 5.1% from 2018. Europe saw a 59.6% surge in Chinese OFDI in 2019.
Latin America, Africa, and North America each saw around 50% decline.
But don't over-read into the declines, as...
regional OFDI figures fluctuate. See following charts for Chinese OFDI in Africa, North America, and Latin America, 2011-2019:
6) In terms of sectoral distribution of Chinese OFDI in 2019:
Manufacturing (36.3%, +15.5% yoy)
Wholesale and retails (13.4%)
Construction (12%)
Finance (8.5%)
Scientific research and technology services (7.2%)
Electricity generation and supply (7.2%)
7) The growth in OFDI in 2019 was mainly driven by state-controlled companies, whose OFDI grew by 27%, while that of private-controlled companies decreased by 22%.
In terms of OFDI STOCK, state and private shares were about equal by the end of 2019 (state 50.1%).
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