FDI 2018

In 2018, 60,533 enterprises (excluding banking, securities and insurance) with foreign direct investment were established, an increase of 69.8 percent over the previous year, and the foreign direct investment actually utilized was 885.6 billion yuan, up by 0.9 percent, or 135.0 billion US dollars, up by 3.0 percent.

Specifically, there were 4,479 newly established enterprises receiving direct investment from countries along the Belt and Road, up by 16.1 percent; and the foreign capital directly invested in China was 42.4 billion yuan, up by 13.2 percent, or 6.4 billion US dollars, up by 16.0 percent. In 2018, the foreign investment actually utilized by high technology manufacturing industry reached 89.8 billion yuan, up by 35.1 percent, or 13.7 billion US dollars, up by 38.1 percent.

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(USD96.01b), Singapore (USD5.34b), Taiwan province(USD5.03b), R.O.K.(USD4.67b), the U.K.(USD3.89b), Japan (USD3.81b), Germany (USD3.68b),  U.S.A. (USD3.45b), Netherlands (USD1.29b) and Macao (USD1.29b). The total of actual investment input from these sources accounted for 95.2 percent of the total of actually input foreign or regional investment in the country.