FDI 2016

In 2016, 27,900 enterprises (excluding banking, securities and insurance) with foreign direct investment were established, an increase of 5.0 percent over the previous year; and the foreign capital actually utilized was 813.2 billion yuan($126.0 billion), up by 4.1 percent.

Among the enterprises, 2,905 of them were directly invested by investors from countries along the Belt and Road, up by 34.1 percent; and the foreign capital directly invested in China was 45.8 billion yuan($7.1 billion).

From January to December, the top ten nations and regions with investment in China (as per the actual input of foreign capital) were as follows: Hong Kong (USD87.18b), Singapore (USD6.18b) , R.O.K.(USD4.75b), U.S.A. (USD3.83b), Taiwan province(USD3.62b), Macao(USD3.48b), Japan (USD3.11b), Germany(USD2.71b), the U.K.(USD2.21b) and Luxembourg (USD1.39b). The total of actual investment input from these sources accounted for 94 percent of the total of actually input foreign or regional investment in the country.