TOKYO -- China's Belt and Road Initiative has been shifting away from signature big infrastructure projects in favor of less capital-intensive fields like IT and biotechnology, investment data shows.
Concern about costs puts more focus on biotech and digital projects

Senegal's government data center in Diamniadio was a joint project with China, with servers provided by Huawei Technologies. (Photo by Ryohei Yasoshima)
TOKYO -- China's Belt and Road Initiative has been shifting away from signature big infrastructure projects in favor of less capital-intensive fields like IT and biotechnology, investment data shows.