China's role in the Indonesian economy is increasingly important. This is reflected in data from the Ministry of Trade, which recorded that Indonesia's trade with China in 2017 reached US$58.82 billion. This amount represents approximately 18% of Indonesia's total trade with all its trading partners, valued at US$325.62 billion.
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Furthermore, investment from China last year reached US$3.36 billion, or 10.43% of total foreign direct investment (FDI) into Indonesia, valued at US$32.24 billion. This Chinese foreign investment comprised 1,977 projects, or about 7.6% of the total 26,257 projects funded from overseas.
Moreover, Chinese tourists last year contributed 1.36 million visits, or 13% of the total number of foreign tourists visiting Indonesia. For information, the average expenditure per Chinese tourist in 2016 reached US$143.17/day, exceeding the average expenditure of foreign tourists visiting Indonesia, which was US$131.64/day.