The Political Risk of China's Outward Foreign Direct Investment：Taking the Countries Along the "Belt and Road" as an Example

Funding

    This project was financially supported by the China National Undergraduate Training Program for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, which has significantly contributed to the successful completion of our research work.

Conflicts of Interest:

    The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest to report regarding the present study.

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