As these new rules come out, so do some strong numbers on Chinese overseas investment. Outbound investments in January came to 10.8 billion US dollars, up nearly 40 percent.  Mining saw the biggest jump. Chinese outbound investments in that sector were nearly 800 percent from a year ago. Meanwhile, China poured 50 percent more into Belt and Road countries. That's about 1.2 billion dollars. Chinese outbound mergers and acquisitions activity in 2018 is predicted to be focused on "quality growth", with large deals in high value-added and consumption-related sectors. Examples of that include the acquisition of a stake in German carmaker Daimler, by Chinese car company Geely this month and textile manufacturer Shandong Ruyi's purchase of Swiss luxury clothing brand Bally.