Liu Zhaoquan looks across the beach next to the fish meal factory. Countries across Africa are attracting Chinese investment with their abundant natural resources and cheap labour.

A new type of Chinese overseas investment, fishmeal factory, is explored as it can be considered as a small Chinese overseas investment that may have implications for Chinese investors in Africa and Africa’s own natural resources. 

2016年7月5日，毛里塔尼亚努瓦迪布。刘昭全在鱼粉厂外望着门口的海滩。万里之外的非洲大陆，正以其丰富的自然资源、优惠的投资政策、廉价的人力成本吸引着越来越多的中国资本和像刘昭全这样的中国人扎根于此。对于渔业这种“靠海吃饭”的产业，当有一天资源优势消失殆尽，这些候鸟一般的中国商人又将去到何方？