The visualization of emerging trends of Chinese outward direct investments

Purpose: The chapter focuses on presenting the state of research and indicating the emerging trends and gaps within the topic of Chinese outward direct investments. The acquired bibliographic data was presented in the form of maps of term clusters and word clouds appearing in the titles and abstracts. Design/methodology/approach: A recently published work indexed in the Web of Science and Scopus databases was used as the basis for a systematic literature review. Findings: Emerging trends and research gaps related to the terms Africa, host country, corruption, institutional quality, Pakistan, and Belt, relating the topic of Chinese ODI with the Belt and Road Initiative and sustainable development. Research limitations/implications: The reliance on two databases and the specificity of SLR - subjective selection of watchwords. Value: The text introduces the characteristics of Chinese foreign direct investments and indicates two groups of trends within the researched issues - considering the aspect of popularity and novelty.