They will be available to guide companies in the often-complex legal and regulatory conditions of key markets around the world, as well as working to promote the image of the country globally.
Commerce Minister Chen Deming said last week that Chinese non-financial ODI is likely to pass $70 billion in 2012 and that the surging momentum will drive ODI close to foreign direct investment in China in the next five or 10 years.
Zhang Yun, president of the Agricultural Bank of China Ltd, added that despite the stuttering recovery in the world economy, he expected China's ODI to keep growing apace, through a combination of external opportunities and internal driving forces.
"The financial crisis of 2008 created investment opportunities. The process of restructuring assets and optimizing resource allocations has quickened in China with overseas countries now welcoming Chinese investment.
"The expansion of the country's economy and the progress of renminbi globalization also serves as international motivation," Zhang said.
In his report to the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, President Hu Jintao called on Chinese enterprises to speed up their global activities by enhancing their international capacities and reputations.
According to Liang Yutang, deputy head of China Minsheng Banking Corp Ltd, the organization has plans for a $10 billion fund to help private enterprises invest overseas over the next three years.
"ODI by private companies accounted for 44 percent of China's total ODI by the end of 2011. Private companies are more dynamic than State-owned ones, and have become an emerging force in the overseas investment market," he said.
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