Chief of Department of Foreign Investment Administration of MOFCOM on FDI from January to July, 2020

By：MOFCOM Update：2020-08-15

From January to July, 2020, national actual use of FDI totaled RMB 535.65 billion, up 0.5% year-on-year (or USD 76.98 billion, down 2.3% year-on-year; excluding banking, securities and insurance, the same below). July saw FDI in actual use reach RMB 63.47 billion, up 15.8% year-on-year (or USD 9.05 billion, up 12.2% year-on-year), a fourth monthly increase in a row.

Sector-wise, from January to July, services registered RMB 414.59 billion in actual use of FDI, up 11.6% year-on-year and accounting for77.4% of China’s total FDI. Hi-tech services were up by 27.4% year-on-year, with information services, R&D and design services, professional and technical services and services for transformation of scientific and technological achievements up by 22.2%, 57.6%, 166.8% and 15.6%.

Among the top sources of investment, from January to July, the Hong Kong region, Singapore, and the UK reported increases of 8.2%, 4.6% and 48.6% year-on-year in paid-in FDI (including investment via free ports).