According to Foreign Investment Bulletin, in January-December, 2011, the number of newly approved foreign-funded enterprises in China totaled 27,712, up by 1.12% year on year; and actually used foreign investment reached US$116.011 billion, up by 9.72% year on year.

In December, the number of newly approved foreign-funded enterprises in China reached 2,626, down by 15.4% year on year; and actually used foreign investment totaled US$12.242 billion, down by 12.73% year on year.

In January-December, 2011, the number of newly established enterprises funded by ten Asian countries/regions (Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Japan, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, ROK) are 22,302, up by 1.11% year on year, and the actual input are US$100.517 billion, up by 13.99% year on year. The number of newly established enterprises funded by US are 1,497, down by 5.01% year on year, and the actual input are US$2.995 billion, down by 26.07% year on year. Enterprises funded by EU are 1,743, up by 3.26% year on year, and the actual input is US$6.348 billion, down by 3.65% year on year.

In January-December, 2011, top ten countries/regions in terms of actually utilized value of foreign capital are: Hong Kong (US $77.011 billion), Taiwan (US $6.727 billion), Japan (US $6.348 billion), Singapore (US $6.328 billion), USA (US $2.995 billion), ROK (US $2.551 billion), UK (US $1.61 billion), Germany (US $1.136 billion), France (US $802 million), and Netherlands (US $767 million). The actual use of foreign capital of from the top ten accounts for 91.61% of total actually used foreign capital.

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