Due to the weak global economic recovery and sluggish cross-border investment, the foreign direct investment (hereinafter referred as FDI) to China experienced a slight down in 2016, but still a hot earth for global investors. According to the World Investment Report 2017 released by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the global FDI inflows decreased by 2% to USD1.75 trillion, and the FDI of developing economies encountered a sharp decline of 14% to USD646 billion. FDI inflows to China decreased 1% to USD133.7 billion, ranking No.3 of the world’s top destination of FDI inflow.
Statistics released by Chinese Ministry of Commerce show that non-financial FDI (i.e. excluding banking, security and insurance data) into China was USD126 billion in 2016, a slight decrease of 0.21% year on year (YoY) as compared with USD126.27 billion in the previous year. The number of newly-built foreign-funded enterprises in China was 27,900 in 2016, posting a rise of 5% YoY. By the end of 2016, the number of foreign-funded enterprises in China amounted to 836,404, bringing in non-financial FDI of USD1642.3 billion.
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