According to statistics, from January to September of 2010, the number of newly-approved foreign-invested enterprises nationwide was 19,209 with the actual use of foreign capital of US$ 74.34 billion, up by 17.5% and 16.58% year on year respectively.

In September, the number of newly-approved foreign-invested enterprises nationwide was 2,488 with the actual use of foreign capital of US$ 8.384 billion, up by 12.22% and 6.14% year on year respectively.

In January-September period, 15,381 newly-approved enterprises were invested by Asian 10 countries and regions: Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Japan, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and ROK, up by 21.49% year on year. The actual capital from these countries and regions was US$ 61.585 billion, up by 20.04% year on year. The number of newly-approved enterprises invested by the U.S. was 1,155 with the actual capital of US$ 2.73 billion, up by 0.17% and 4.21% year on year respectively. Besides, the number of newly-approved enterprises invested by the EU 27 member countries was 1,192 with the actual capital of US$ 5.063 billion, up by 3.2% and 15.02% year on year respectively.

In this period, top 10 countries and regions in terms of actual capital investment in China were Hong Kong (US$ 46.311bln), Taiwan (US$ 5.223bln), Singapore (US$ 3.924bln), Japan (US$ 3.027bln), U.S. (US$ 2.73bln), ROK (US$ 1.955bln), Britain (US$ 1.276bln), Holland (US$ 0.852bln), France (US$ 0.815bln) and Germany (US$ 0.688bln), all of which accounted for 89.5% of China’s total actual use of foreign capital.

Remarks: statistics on investment in China from the above-mentioned countries and regions included their investment via free ports and areas like Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Samoa, Mauritius and Barbados.