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Chinese investments in Europe: New boom for green technologies!
Chinese investments in Europe increased spectacularly: +47% in 2024. Causes, effects on technologies and markets.
Chinese investments in Europe: New boom for green technologies!
Chinese investments in Europe have seen a significant increase in 2024. According to information from Machine market Investments rose by 47 percent to a total of ten billion euros. This represents the first increase since 2016 and comes amid growing concerns in EU countries about over-reliance on China.
Investments in leading technology companies in Europe are particularly affected. This development comes at a time when the Chinese economy is increasingly focusing on growth areas such as green technologies, including battery manufacturing, electric vehicles and solar and wind turbines.
Decline in takeovers in Europe
Chinese companies land in ninth place in the investor rankings in Germany, behind the USA and Great Britain. In 2016, China was the fourth most important investor in Germany. The reluctance of Chinese companies to make takeovers in Europe is influenced, among other things, by the current economic situation in China and political resistance in European countries.
Market changes and future prospects
In addition, tensions between the USA and China are hampering activity in the transaction area. Although analysts registered more takeovers in the high-tech segment in 2023 than in traditional industrial sectors, the total number of takeovers fell from 32 to 26. Germany remains the main target for Chinese investors in the European market, while Great Britain has become less attractive.
- 2023: Deutschland – 28 Übernahmen
- 2023: Italien – 15 Transaktionen
- 2023: Frankreich – von 17 auf 9
- 2023: Spanien – von 8 auf 3
Despite the declines, Chinese investors continue to show great interest in Europe. Future investments are expected to take the form of greenfield investments rather than mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Attractive locations for these investments could be Hungary, Spain, France and northern European countries.