The Tianjin Pilot Free Trade Zone, launched in December 2014 and officially unveiled in April 2015, has become a hot destination for foreign investment. In 2015, foreign investors set up a total of 627 enterprises in the free trade zone, which brought actual FDI inflows of 4.72 billion US dollars, accounting for 22.3% of the actual inflows of FDI to Tianjin in the year. Manufacturing and service sectors attracted more foreign capital than other sectors. The actual inflows of FDI into Tianjin’s manufacturing sector stood at 11.019 billion US dollars in 2015, up 32.3% year on year, accounting for more than half of the total FDI inflows to the municipality in the year. The service sector attracted 9.964 billion US dollars of FDI in 2015, down 3.2% year on year.

November08,2016

According to data of the province statistical bureau, the province approved 142 overseas investment projects in 2015, growing by 7.6% year on year. The amount of contracted overseas capital was 2.26 billion U.S. dollars, growing 108.7% year on year. The overseas capital put in place was 2.99 billion U.S. dollars, growing by 10.6% year on year.

August16,2016

The flow of foreign direct investment to Liaoning Province was 5.19 billion US dollars in 2015, down 34.4% as compared with that of the previous year. Among them, 70 million US dollars went to the primary industry, 1.45 billion US dollars to the secondary industry and 3.67 billion US dollars to the tertiary industry. Specifically, the manufacturing industry absorbed 1.21 billion US dollars of FDI; real estate, 2.7 billion US dollars; transportation, storage and posts sector, 300 million US dollars; information transmission, computer services and software sector, 40 million US dollars; and leasing and commercial services, 170 million US dollars.

August29,2016

Shanghai is one of China’s best destinations for domestic and overseas investment in terms of investment environment. The total amount of contracted foreign direct investment (FDI) in Shanghai in 2015 reached 58.94 billion U.S. dollars, up 86.5 percent year on year. There was an addition of 6,007 contracted FDI projects last year, up 27.9 percent year on year. Among them, 39.6 billion dollars of contracted FDI were contributed by 3,326 foreign-invested enterprises established in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone in 2015. Shanghai ranked first among all municipalities, provinces and regions in China in terms of the contracted FDI.

August01,2016

Located in the hinterland of Southwest China, Guizhou links southwest and south parts of China and it is also an important access to the sea for provinces and cities in Southwest China and also an on-land transport hub. Guizhou posted fast growth in foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2015, with the total amount of FDI hitting 2.524 billion US dollars, up 22.2% on a yearly basis. Although the total amount of FDI was still small as compared with that in the economically-developed province, its growth was ranked 4th among 31 provinces, municipalities and regions in China.

August03,2016

The amount of FDI in the autonomous region doubled to 186 million US dollars in 2015, when the region approved 37 FDI projects with contracted foreign investment soaring 160% to 1.36 billion US dollars．Of these projects, 14 projects were in the manufacturing industry involving contractual investment of 935 million US dollars． Since 1984 when the first foreign-funded enterprise of the region was set up, a total of 916 foreign or jointly-owned enterprises had been established in Ningxia by the end of 2015, involving combined investment of 192.3 billion US dollars and the contracted foreign investment of 4.9 billion US dollars. And the inflow of FDI to Ningxia amounted to 1.6 billion US dollars in 30-plus years.　Foreign capital mainly comes from the United States, Japan, European, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

October20,2016

According to statistics from the commerce bureau of the province, the actually used overseas investment of Sichuan totaled 10.44 billion US dollars in 2015, down 2% from the previous year. The province approved 319 overseas companies to make foreign direct investment (FDI) here in 2015, bringing the total up to 10,791. A total of 10.07 billion US dollars of FDI capital was put in place in 2015. Both the amount of actually used overseas capital and the number of world’s top 500 enterprises doing business here ranked top among other provinces and cities in the center and western part of China.

August15,2016

Under the backdrop of an active flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) around the globe, China reported a record high of FDI inflow in 2015, despite of the slowdown in its economy. It is a combined result of the country’s efforts in pushing forward the reform of foreign investment approval system, proceeding with the development of pilot free trade zones (FTZ), expanding the areas open to foreign businesses and optimizing foreign investment environment. According to FDI statistics released by local commerce department, China’s top ten destinations for foreign investment in 2015 were Guangdong, Jiangsu, Tianjin, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Shandong, Henan, Anhui, Beijing and Hunan.

July29,2016

The province newly approved 640 foreign invested enterprises in 2015, 22.14% less than in the previous year. The contracted foreign investment was 7.367 billion U.S. dollars, 31.32% less than in the previous year. But the quality and efficiency of overseas investment rose. In 2015, the province used 9.473 billion U.S. dollars of overseas investment, 12.1% more than in the previous year, including 2.111 billion U.S. dollars in foreign exchange cash, which ranked 14th in China and the 5th in the central and western parts of the country, according to the ranking by the Ministry of Commerce.

September12,2016

As China’s political, cultural and educational centre, Beijing is home to headquarters of most of the country’s major state-owned companies, as well as 52 of the Fortune Global 500 companies. Beijing saw a 9.3% year on year decline in the contracted foreign investment in 2015, but foreign direct investment in the city amounted to 13 billion US dollars in the year, up 43.8% from 2014, making Beijing one of the country's ten major provinces and municipalities attracting foreign investment. In a breakdown, financial industry, trade of wholesales and retails, and scientific research and technology services were the top three sectors that attracted foreign investment in the year, accounting for 56.4%, 18.6%, and 7.6% of total FDI inflows into the city.

August03,2016

Hebei Province utilized foreign capitals totaling 7.37 billion US dollars in 2015, up 5.1% from that of 2014. Among this, the FDI of the province was 6.18 billion US dollars. The province approved 208 new FDI projects in 2015, up 5.1% year on year, with the contractual value of the newly-approved FDI projects totaling 5.68 billion US dollars, up 14.3% year on year. By sectors, the FDI in the manufacturing, property, transport, logistics and postal industries accounted for 62.2%, 10% and 9.5% of the total FDI of the province, respectively.

January01,2016

The use of foreign investment is a major part of Shaanxi’s opening-up moves. Currently, foreign-funded companies have played a significant role in the province’s economic development, exerting positive impact, in particular, in providing funds, expanding export, introducing cutting-edge technologies, improving R&D capability, optimizing industrial structure and advancing institutional reform. In 2015, the province approved 112 foreign-funded companies. The contractual use of foreign investment arrived at 5.78 billion U.S dollars, down 1.24 percent year on year. The actual use of foreign investment reached 4.621 billion U.S. dollars, up 10.7 percent year on year.

August01,2016

Jilin actually used 8.572 billion US dollars of foreign investment in 2015, up 12.0 percent. Included were 2.127 billion US dollars of foreign direct investment, up 8.2 percent from 2014. The province saw a big decline in the number of foreign investment contracts signed in 2015, from 108 in 2014 to 70, falling 35.2 percent. The contracted foreign investment thus shrank correspondingly, from 1.56 billion US dollars in 2014 to 1.19 billion US dollars in 2015, down 23.2 percent.

August03,2016

Shandong has been leading the country in attracting overseas capital. In 2015, the province approved the setting up of 1,509 overseas capital enterprises, 11.6% more than in the previous year. The amount of contracted capital was 20.04 billion U.S. dollars, growing by 25.7%. The amount of overseas capital actually used was 16.30 billion U.S. dollars, ranking sixth in the country. The overseas capital in the service industry registered under the account was 6.07 billion U.S. dollars, with the number of projects, contracted capital and capital put under the account all registered a double-digit increase. The overseas capital under the account in the modern service industry increased by 20%, accounting for 57.7% of the total, rising by four percentage points year on year. The amount of overseas capital received in the financial service, research and technology, and information and software increased by 48%, 43.6% and 5.3 times, respectively.

August15,2016

According to statistics from the Bureau of Commerce of Anhui Province, the actual foreign investment in Anhui in 2015 hiked 10.4% on year to 13.62 billion US dollars, presenting 10.8 % in national total and compared to the 10.3% in 2014. Its FDI growth was 5.1 percentage points lower as compared with that of the previous year, but it was 5 percentage points higher than the national average. The amount of FDI flowing into the tertiary industry was 5.34 billion US dollars, 5.9% or 340 million US dollars less than that in 2014. Among them, FDI in the real estate sector shrank 10.4% or 380 million US dollars from the previous year to 320 million US dollars. It was the main factor behind the decline in the FDI in the tertiary industry.

August31,2016

Qinghai Province is in the northeastern part of the Qinghai Plateau of Western China. To the east and north is Gansu province and to the southeast is Sichuan Province and to the southwest is Tibet, and to the north is the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. In 2015, the province signed 8 contracts for using 160 million U.S. dollars of foreign capital, 49.8 percent more than in the previous year. The actual amount of FDI used was 55 million U.S. dollars, 9.8 percent more than in the previous year. The amount of contracting for foreign projects was 849 million U.S. dollars, growing 192 percent. The business turnover from contracting for foreign projects was 292 million U.S. dollars, dropping by 14 percent. The fixed assets investment by Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and foreign businesses was 1.868 billion yuan, growing -34.8 percent.

August03,2016

In 2015, 944 foreign-funded companies registered in Hubei, up 17.85% year on year, according to the Statistic Bureau of Hubei Province. The branches of foreign-funded companies rose rapidly, surging 31.33% year on year. As of the end of 2015, the province had 8,646 foreign-funded enterprises. In 2015, the number of newly approved foreign-funded projects arrived at 274, down 9.0% year on year, and the amount of contractual FDI came to 4.16 billion U.S. dollars, down 33.9% year on year.

August16,2016

Hainan has one of the best ecological environments in China. Hainan utilized 2.47 billion dollars of foreign capital, including international loans in 2015, up 28.7 percent year on year. In 2015, the province’s contracted foreign investment came to 1.82 billion dollars, showing a substantial rise of 83.7 percent over 2014.

January01,2016

Zhejiang Province in the eastern coasts of China has firmly grasped the opportunities of economic globalization, taken an active part in the industrial division of labor and has become a pusher and direct beneficiary of international investment cooperation. The province used 16.96 billion U.S. dollars of overseas investment, 7.4 percent more than in the previous year, meeting the annual target by 107.5 percent, registering the sixth consecutive historical high. By the end of 2015, the province had approved 55,905 overseas capital enterprises, with a total investment of 514.75 billion U.S. dollars, contracted overseas capital of 290.66 billion U.S. dollars and the total amount of overseas capital actually used reached 158.65 billion U.S. dollars.

August01,2016

Over the last 35 years, the average annual rate of increase in FDI inflows into Xinjiang was 25%. In 2011, Xinjiang registered a year-on-year FDI growth of 41% while China saw FDI increase of 9.72%. From 2011 to 2013, Xinjiang outperformed the whole nation in FDI growth for three consecutive years. In 2015, Xinjiang approved a total of 50 foreign-funded projects, an increase of 2% on a yearly basis. The amount of foreign investment contracted totaled USD856.51 million, up 62.8%, and that in place was USD452.5 million, up 8.5%.

August01,2016