- Net foreign acquisition of long-term US securities estimated at -$60.9 billion;
- China's state owned Chinalco signed a $19.5 billion deal with Australia's giant Rio Tinto mining company;
- China National Petroleum signed agreements with Russia and Venezuela for $25 and $4 billion each for long term oil supply;
- China Development Bank made a $10 billion loan to Brazil's Petrobras in exchange for oil.