China's Multinationals - The Resource Sector

This book examines the foreign direct investment activities of China's multinationals, focusing in particular on the resource sector - that is by firms involved in oil, gas, mining, metal and other resource-based industries - which accounts for a large proportion of China's overall foreign direct investment activities.

Part 1 Overview 1. The global resource market: demand and supply 2. The Chinese resource market: demand and supply 3. Chinese resource firms' 'going global' 4. Current wisdom on firms' internationalisation versus Chinese practice Part 2 Going global 5. CNPC in Russia, Kazakhstan, Sudan, and Venezuela 6. CNOOC in Indonesia and Nigeria 7. Minmetal in Brazil, Chile and Canada8. Shenhua in Mongolia 9. Baosteel in Australia and Brazil 10. Huaneng in Australia 11. COFCO (China National Cereals, Oils & Foodstuffs Corp) in the world 12. Sinochem in the world 13. Medium and small firms in resource sector Part 3 Impact 14. Impact on global resoruce markets (oil/gas/metal/mining) 15. Impact on Chinese resource markets (oil/gas/metal/mining) Part 4 Policy-making implications 16. Implications for policy-making Conclusion