China Investment Research (CIR) is a China macro research publication produced from a database created in 2008 by Grisons Peak Services, Ltd, a UK based consultancy focused primarily on emerging markets and technology. From the outset, this database tracked all outbound M&A/equity investments, outbound policy bank loans and large G2G agreements. (www.chinainvestmentresarch.org). In 2017, CIR began tracking outbound VC investments, including below FDI levels and in 2018 began tracking China inbound. In 2021, the database becomes art of the newly formed China Investment Research Ltd, also based in the UK. It also expanded into pan-Asia, via its partnership with Dezan Shira & Associates, across 28 countries, to launch: www.asiainvestmentresearch.org.