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Under sluggish global investment, from January to August, the foreign investment in China in RMB achieved positive growth. What is the view of the Ministry of Commerce on this? How does the Ministry of Commerce view the current trends on keeping foreign investment stable?(2020-9-17)

In the first eight months of this year, the paid-in foreign investment in China was RMB 619.78 billion, up 2.6% year-on-year. In August, the paid-in foreign investment in China was RMB 84.13 billion, an increase of 18.7% year-on-year. The amount of foreign investment absorbed in a single month has increased for the fifth consecutive month.
  
At present, the global cross-border direct investment is still in a serious downturn, while China's paid-in foreign investment has achieved growth against such trend, which represent hard-won achievements. This is because that the CPC Central Committee and the State Council attach great importance to the work of keeping foreign investment stable, and have introduced a series of policies and measures to do so, thus China's business environment has continued to be improved. In addition, it fully shows that China's economy has strong resilience and great potential, and its attraction to foreign investment never abates. In the next step, we will continue to strive to create a market-oriented, law-based and internationalized business environment, continuously improve services for foreign enterprises and foreign investors, and continuously increase the level of market access, so that global investors can all share the development opportunities in China and achieve mutual benefits and win-win results. Thank you!

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