With Wiebke Rabe Chinese outward foreign direct investment (FDI) has been rising exponentially since 2007. According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Develop- ment (UNCTAD), it overtook inward FDI flows in 2015, reaching USD 140 billion. In 2015, Li Keqiang promised that China will invest an additional 1 trillion USD glob- ally in the next ten years. In Europe, the energy sector was the biggest recipient of Chinese FDI, followed by the automotive, agricultural and real estate sectors in the period between 2000 and 2014. This article will reflect on the present state of Chinese FDI in the Euro- pean solar and wind sectors, and conclude with some recommendations for European and German stake- holders.
