by+ZHENG+Ran

Foreign Investment in China

In January – June， 2015， a total of 11，914 newly-established foreigninvested enterprises were approved， going up 8.6% year on year. The actually utilized foreign investment reached RMB 420.52 billion （equivalent to 68.41 billion dollars）， going up 8.3% year on year（excluding the data of banking， security and insurance）. In June， a total of 2，332 newly-established foreign-invested enterprises were approved， going up 4.6% year on year； the actually utilized foreign capital was RMB 89.57 billion （equivalent to 14.58 billion dollars）， up 0.7% year on year. Daimler AG， Samsung and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC increased their investment in China.

The actually utilized FDI in service sector sustained its growth. In January-June， the utilized FDI in service sector stood at 43.43 billion dollars， up 23.6% year on year， taking up 63.5% among the national total， of which the financial service sector， comprehensive technology service sector and scientific research sector stood out， going up 426.7%， 46.2% and 109.4% respectively. The actually utilized FDI in agriculture， forestry， animal husbandry and fishery registered 820 million dollars， down 7.9% year on year， taking up 1.2% of the national total. The utilized FDI in manufacturing reached 20.86 billion dollars， down 8.4% year on year， taking up 30.5% of the national total， of which communication equipment manufacturing， chemical materials and chemical products manufacturing and electronic equipment manufacturing stood out， up 231.6%， 71.9% and 23.6% respectively.

Investment from major countries and regions maintained a steady growth. In January-June， the actual input of FDI from the top 10 countries and regions （Hong Kong， Singapore， the ROK， Taiwan Province， Japan， the U.S.， Germany， France， the UK and Macao） totaled 64.29 billion dollars， taking up 94% of the actually utilized national FDI， up 8.1% year on year. Among others， investment from Hong Kong， Macao， and France registered 50.69 billion dollars， 540 million dollars and 660 million dollars respectively， up 15.6%， 56.2% and 46.9% respectively； investment from 28 EU countries registered 4.08 billion dollars， up 13.7% year on year and investment from Japan and the U.S. reached 2.01 billion dollars and 1.09 billion dollars， down 16.3% and 37.6% respectively year on year.

The actually utilized foreign capital in eastern China saw a rapid growth. In January-June， the actually utilized foreign capital in eastern China registered 58.61 billion dollars， going up 11.5% year on year； that in central China stood at 5.67 billion dollars， going down 7.3% year on year and that in western China was 4.14 billion dollars， going down 10.8% year on year.

The value and percentage of foreign M&A increased greatly. In January– June， a total of 641 foreign-funded enterprises were established by M&A with contract value of 14.46 billion dollars and actually utilized foreign capital 13.19 billion dollars， going up 21.2%， 182.1% and 336.5% respectively year on year. The percentage M&A takes up among the national utilization of foreign capital has risen to 19.3% from 4.8%.

Chinas Investment and Economic Cooperation Overseas

Direct Investment Overseas. In January-June， Chinese investors have made direct investment in 4，018 enterprises overseas in 147 countries and regions around the world， with a combined nonfinancial investment of RMB 343.2 billion （equivalent to 56 billion dollars）， up 29.2% year on year. Among others， equity and debt instrument investment amounted to RMB291.72 billion （equivalent to 47.6 billion dollars）， taking up 85% of the national total； reinvestment of earnings accumulated to RMB51.48 billion， （equivalent to 8.4 billion dollars）， taking up 15% of the national total. By the end of June， Chinas accumulative non-financial direct investment overseas registered RMB 4.5 trillion （equivalent to 735.9 billion dollars）.

In January – June， the countries and regions with Chinas direct investment above 100 million dollars reached 32 ， seven of which were above 1 billion dollars， they are Chinas Hong Kong， Cayman Islands， the U.S.， Singapore， Netherlands， the British Virgin Islands and Australia. Chinese enterprises have made direct investment in 48 countries along the Belt and Road， with an accumulative value of 7.05 billion dollars， going up 22.2% year on year， mainly in Singapore， Indonesia， Laos， Russia， Kazakhstan and Thailand.

In January-June， the mainlands investment in seven major economies of Chinas Hong Kong， ASEAN， EU， Australia， the U.S.， Russia and Japan registered 43.79 billion dollars， taking up 78.2% of Chinas direct investment overseas over the same period of time. Chinas investment in ASEAN， Hong Kong and the U.S. saw rapid growth， up 92.9%， 71.8% and 30.1% respectively； the investment in EU grew up 1.9% and that in Australia and Russia fell down 39.1% and 25% respectively.

Contracted projects overseas. In

January-June， the turnover of Chinas contracted projects overseas registered RMB413.93 billion （equivalent to 67.54 billion dollars）， going up 9.7% year on year； the newly-signed contract value stood at RMB531.17 billion （equivalent to 86.67 billion dollars）， going up 6.9% year on year. The turnover in June registered 15.91 billion dollars， up 8.4% year on year， with a newly-signed contract value of 19.09 billion dollars， down 31% year on year.

In June， the projects with a newlysigned contract value of above 50 million dollars respectively totaled 64 （a decrease of 15 compared with last years 79） ， adding up to 15.96 billion dollars （ a drop of 7.82 billion dollars compared with last year）， taking up 83.6% of the total newlysigned contract. Among others， there were 35 projects （a decrease of 7 over the same period of last year）， each with a newly-signed contract value of above 100 million dollars. In January – June， there were a total of 313 projects （an increase of 11 compared with 302 over the same period of last year） each with a newlysigned contract value of 50 million dollars， adding up to 69.69 billion dollars， taking up 80.4% of the total newly-signed contract value over the same period of time. Among others， a total of 187 projects each with a newly-signed contract value of above 100 million dollars， an increase of 19 year on year.

In January-June， Chinese enterprises have undertaken 1，401 contracted projects in 60 countries along the Belt and Road， with a newly-signed contract value of 37.55 billion dollars， taking up 43.3% of Chinas total contracted projects overseas over the same period of time， going up 16.7% year on year； the turnover registered 29.7 billion dollars， taking up 44% of the total over the same period of time， up 5.4% year on year.

Labor service cooperation over

seas. In January-June， the labor service personnel dispatched overseas amounted to 264，000， an increase of 9，000 over the same period of last year， going up 3.5% year on year. Labor service personnel dispatched overseas for contracted projects were 135，000 and for labor service cooperation were 129，000. In June， a total of 52，000 labor service personnel were sent abroad by a decrease of 3，000. At the end of June， the labor service personnel dispatched overseas reached 1，015，000， an increase of 79，000 over the same period of last year.

By the end of June， the labor service personnel dispatched overseas totaled 7，740，000.