China continues to be the world’s favourite destination for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), attracting $86.68 billion in the first nine months of the year, a 16.6 per cent year-on-year increase despite decreasing inflows from the US and EU.
In September alone, the country drew $9.05 billion of actual FDI, up 7.88 per cent vis-a-vis the year-ago period, Commerce Ministry spokesman, Mr Shen Danyang, told a media briefing here today.
The September figure indicated a continuous decline in FDI growth, slowing from 11.1 per cent in August and 19.83 per cent in July.
FDI from the United States declined 9.88 per cent year-on-year to $1.88 billion in the January-September period, while inflows from the European Union were down 1.8 per cent vis-a-vis the year-ago period, Mr Shen said.
He said the country approved the establishment of 20,400 overseas-funded companies in the first nine months, a year-on-year increase of 6.24 per cent.
The country’s outbound direct investments, excluding the financial sector, rose 12.5 per cent year-on-year to $40.75 billion in the first three quarters, he said.
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