Statistics of China’s Absorption of FDI from January to May 2008 Friday,June 13,2008 Posted: 13:21 BJT(0521 GMT)   From:MOFCOM    Article type:Translated From January to May this year, the number of the newly established foreign investment enterprises in China was 11,915, down by 20.95% year on year; the foreign capital in actual use hit US$42.778 billion, up by 54.97% year on year. In May, the number of the newly approved and established foreign-funded enterprises in China reached 2,425, down by 10.94% year on year; and the foreign capital in actual use was US$7.761 billion, up by 37.94%. At the same time, the number of newly established US-invested enterprises dropped by 28.13% year on year, and the actual inflow of foreign capital increased by 25.09%; the number of newly established enterprises invested by the original 15 EU countries decreased by 24.85% year on year, and the actual inflow of foreign capital surged by 35.20%. From January to May this year, the top ten countries/regions (calculated by the actually utilized value of foreign capital) investing in China were: Hong Kong (US$18.863 billion), the British Virgin Islands (US$7.388 billion), Singapore (US$2.133 billion), Japan (US$1.833 billion), Korea (US$1.556 billion), USA (US$1.427 billion), Cayman Islands (US$1.358 billion), Samoa (US$1.240 billion)), Taiwan (US$800 million) and Mauritius (US$775 million). The actual inflow of foreign capital of the said ten countries/regions accounted for 87.37% of the country’s total.

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