Abstract: To carry out a research on an investment project of a Chinese textile enterprise in Ethiopia, the paper carries on positive analysis on the economic risks of overseas investment projects under the AHPCIM analytical model, so as to provide certain decision-making reference for textile companies investing in Ethiopia. Thereinto, the weight determination of analytic hierarchy process (AHP), and the calculation of the risk probability of controlled interval and memory model (CIM) are based on the data obtained from the interviews with some experts of the textile industry, and the interviewed experts all have experience of visiting Ethiopia.

Key words: AHP-CIM; cotton spinning project; Ethiopia; economic risk; assessment system