It's been a milestone year for Chinese companies investing in the U.S. According to Mergermarket, Chinese companies invested a total of $51.09 billion into the U.S. via 65 deals in 2016. That's a 360% surge from 2015 when Chinese companies invested $11.7 billion. In all, Chinese investments made up 12% of all inbound mergers & acquisitions in the U.S. this year, a big step up from previous years when Chinese investments made up about 2% or so of foreign investments into the country.

The rapid rise in Chinese investments has made some lawmakers nervous. In the past year, 150 Republican and Democrat members of Congress have written letters to the Department of the Treasury, urging stepped up authority for the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, or CFIUS. Though Chinese companies are still interested in investing the U.S., growing protectionism in the U.S. under president-elect Trump and more stringent Chinese capital controls could dampen the flood of investment.

As we close out this record-breaking year, here's a look back at the five largest deals by Chinese companies in the U.S. in 2016.

 

 

 

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