Since China's reforms the country has experienced tremendous growth and expansion. China's
government has encouraged the companies to go global with the recent reforms of the Go West
and Going Global policy. Since China became a member of the World Trade Organisation in 2001
economic reforms have led to a spectacular economic success which has generated rapid economic
growth over two decades. The country has moved from a centrally-planned economy towards a
market economy. This research study focuses on the impact and the trends of Chinese FDI
(foreign direct investment) on Kenya's economic sectors of agriculture infrastructure
manufacturing and tourism. It seeks to quantify the advantages and disadvantages through the
SWOT analysis and to suggest policies necessary to maximize the development impact of China in
Kenya. The study takes a qualitative and quantitative approach with close textual analysis of
the existing data and information from the Kenya embassy in Beijing and KIA and auxiliary
information from existing written literature books internet sources journal articles and
interpretation of these sources.
