According to the statistics of news release of foreign investment, from January to August 2012, Newly Approved Foreign-invested Enterprises amounted to 15,777, down by 12.38% year on year; and the actual use of foreign investment reached US$ 74.994 billion, down by 3.4% year on year.


According to the statistics of news release of foreign investment, in August 2012, Newly Approved Foreign-invested Enterprises amounted to 2,100, down by 12.72% year on year; and the actual use of foreign investment reached US$ 8.326 billion, down by 1.43% year on year.


In January-August, 2012, the number of newly established enterprises funded by ten Asian countries/regions (Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, ROK) was 12,431, down by 14.25% year on year, and the actual input were US$ 63.623 billion, down by 5% year on year. The number of newly established enterprises funded by US was 898, down by 7.14% year on year, and the actual input were US$2.116 billion, up by 2.85% year on year. Number of enterprises funded by EU was 1,141, up by 0.8% year on year, and the actual input was US$ 4.375 billion, down by 4.09% year on year.


From January to August this year, the top ten nations and regions with investment in China (as per the actual input of foreign capital) are as follows: Hong Kong (US$ 46.746 billion), Japan (US$ 5.081 billion), Singapore (US$ 4.979 billion), Taiwan Province(US$ 4.426 billion), U.S.A. (US$ 2.116 billion), R.O.K. (US$1.483 billion), Germany (US$ 1.088 billion), Swiss Confederation (US$ 788 million), U.K.(US$ 728 million) and Holland (US$ 715 million), total of which accounted for 90.87% of total actual use of foreign investment in the country.


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

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