From January to August, 2016, China’s actual amount of foreign capital was RMB 548.83 billion (US$ 85.88 billion), up 4.5% year on year. The official from the Department of Foreign Investment Administration pointed out the characteristics of China’s assimilation of FDI in January-August as follows:

1. The national overall assimilation of FDI sustained its growth.

In January-August, a total of 18,538 newly-established foreign-invested enterprises were approved, up 10.2% year on year. The actually utilized FDI amounted to RMB 548.83 billion (US$85.88 billion), up 4.5% year on year (data of banks, security and insurance excluded). In August, 2,736 newly-established foreign-invested enterprises were approved, up 13.2% year on year, and the actually utilized foreign capital reached RMB 57.32 billion (US$8.76 billion), increasing 5.7% year on year.

2. The absorption of FDI in service sector maintained a growth and that in hi-tech service stood out.

In January-August 2016, the actually utilized FDI in service sector was RMB387.8 billion, up 10% year on year, taking up 70.7% of the national total. Among them, that in transport, warehouse and postal service, information transmission, computer service and software, and lease and business service sector stood at RMB27.26 billion, RMB39.89 billion and RMB64.8 billion respectively, going up 105.5%, 198% and 73.4% respectively year on year. The actually utilized FDI in hi-tech service sector reached RMB 67.1 billion, going up 98.2% year on year. Among these, the information technology service, data content and relevant service, R&D and the service of design, and transformation of scientific and technological achievements service had comparatively high utilization of foreign capital, increasing by 322.7%, 46.7%, 40.5% and 39.7% respectively year on year.

The actually utilized FDI in transport equipment manufacturing and special equipment manufacturing amounted to RMB18.42 billion and RMB11.78 billion respectively, going up 16% and 5.2% year on year.

3. The investment from major sources maintained a robust momentum of development.

In January-August 2016, the actual input of the investment from the top ten countries and regions (calculated by actual input value of foreign capital) amounted to RMB 520.12 billion, taking up 94.8% of the total national actual use of foreign capital, going up 5.9% year on year. Among these, those from the US, Germany, UK and Sweden grew by 79.7%, 79.2%, 96.6% and 48.1% respectively. The growth of information transmission, computer service and software industry, wholesale and retail scientific research, technology service and geological prospecting industry, lease and business service sector, finance and manufacturing stood out. Over the same period of time, the actual input of foreign capital from the ASEAN countries stood at RMB 29.53 billion, up 8.1% year on year. That from 28 EU countries reached RMB 42.56 billion, up 34.9% year on year. That from countries along the “Belt and Road” reached RMB 30.74 billion, up 1.8% year on year.

(The investment data of the above countries/regions includes the investment from the free port of the countries/regions)

4. The amplification of foreign investment absorbed from the western region is high. The absorption of foreign investment from the eastern region is stable and that of from central region decreases greatly.

In January-August, the actual use of foreign investment in the western region was RMB39.35 billion, up 30.5% year on year. The actual use of foreign investment in the eastern region reached RMB481.89 billion, up 7.5% year on year. The actual use of foreign investment in the central region reached RMB27.59 billion, down 41.1% year on year. The actual use of foreign investment in the Yangtze River Economic Belt was RMB250.84 billion, up 7.5% year on year.

5. The actual use of foreign capital by foreign M&A continued to increase.

In January-August, a total of 919 newly-established foreign-invested enterprises were approved with an actual use of foreign capital RMB 107.2 billion, up 5.5% and 20.4% respectively year on year, taking up 5% and 19.5% respectively of their total figures.