Japan's Nik-kei Shinbun carried a report that the foreign exchange reserves of the overseas Chinese of the whole world amount to US $ 300 billion. Britain's Economist reported that the accrued capital of the Chinese outside mainland China, excluding stock, is US $ 1.5--2 trillion.
日本「經濟新聞」曾報導全球華人的外匯存底高達三千億美元，全球無與倫比；英國「經濟學人」更曾指出，中國大陸以外的華人所持有的流動資產（不包括證券），總額在一兆五千億至二兆美元之間。