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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, May 23 (Xinhua) — A total of 18,832 new foreign-funded companies were established on the Chinese mainland in the first four months of 2025, up 12.1 percent year on year, the Ministry of Commerce said Friday.
As noted by the department, from January to April, the volume of actually used foreign direct investment (FDI) in mainland China amounted to 320.78 billion yuan (about 44.6 billion US dollars), which is 10.9 percent less year-on-year.
At the same time, the volume of actually used FDI in the manufacturing sector during the reporting period reached 84.06 billion yuan, and another 231.25 billion yuan went to the service sector.
The actual FDI in high-tech industries rose to 96.71 billion yuan, with FDI in the e-commerce services sector increasing by 137 percent, in the aerospace equipment manufacturing sector by 86.2 percent, in the chemical and pharmaceutical industry by 57.8 percent, and in the medical instruments and equipment manufacturing sector by 4.9 percent.
According to statistics from China’s Ministry of Commerce, investment from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) increased by 42.9 percent year-on-year during the period, while investment from Japan increased by 74.2 percent. Investment from Switzerland increased by 68.4 percent, from the United Kingdom by 54.6 percent, from the Republic of Korea by 22.3 percent, and from Germany by 12.3 percent. –0–