According to the statistics of news release of foreign investment, in January 2013, Newly Approved Foreign-invested Enterprises amounted to 1,883, up by 34.31% year on year; and the actual use of foreign investment reached US$ 9.27 billion, down by 7.27% year on year.

In January, 2013, 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 1,475, up by 33.48% year on year, and the actual input were US$ 7.816 billion, down by 8.97% year on year. The number of newly established enterprises funded by US was 94, up by 9.3% year on year, and the actual input were US$ 0.273 billion, down by 19.97% year on year. Number of enterprises funded by EU was 140, up by 30.84% year on year, and the actual input was US$ 0.821 billion, up by 81.81% year on year.

In January 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$ 5.709 billion), Japan (US$ 639 million), Taiwan Province (US$ 631 million), Singapore (US$ 630 million), France (US$ 292 million), U.S.A. (US$ 273 million), Germany (US$ 115 million), Sweden (US$ 108 million), U.K. (US$ 90 million) and R.O.K. (US$ 88 million), total of which accounted for 92.5% 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.