In January - December, 2010, the number of newly approved foreign-funded enterprises in China totaled 27,406, up by 16.94% year-on-year, and actual used foreign investment reached US $105.735 billion, up by 17.44% year-on-year.

In December, the number of newly approved foreign-funded enterprises in China reached 3,104, up by 9.49% year-on-year; and the foreign capital actual used was US$14.028 billion, up by 15.57% year-on-year.

In January- December, the number of newly established enterprises by ten Asian countries/regions (Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Japan, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, ROK) in China was 22, 058, up by 20.4% year-on-year, and the actual input was US$ 88.179 billion, up by 20.55% year-on-year. The number of newly established enterprises of US-investment was 1,576, down by 0.76% year-on-year, and the actual input was US$ 4.052 billion, up by 13.31% year-on-year. The number of newly established enterprises of EU investment was 1,688, up by 6.97% year-on-year, and the actual input was US$ 5.589 billion, up by 10.71% year-on-year.

In January- December, the top ten countries/regions (calculated by the actual utilized value of foreign capital) investing in China were: Hong Kong (US $67.474 billion), Taiwan (US $6.701 billion), Singapore (US $5.657 billion), Japan (US $4.242 billion), USA (US $4.052 billion), ROK (US $2.693 billion), UK (US $1.642 billion), France (US $1.239 billion), Netherlands (US $ 952 million) and Germany (US $933 million). The actual input of foreign capital of the said ten countries/regions accounted for 90.1% of the country’s total.

Note: The statistics includes investment of the said countries/regions in China through free ports of Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Samoa, Mauritius and Barbados.