Dubai records increase in Chinese investors

123 RF / Iakov Kalinin

More than 360 business licences have been issued to Chinese investors in Dubai during the first six months of this year.

That's according to the Department of Economic Development (DED), which says more than half of them were issued for commercial activities.

Professional activities were the second most popular category followed by industrial licences.

The total number of Chinese investors in Dubai during the first half of this year was just under 700.

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