|
CHINA> National
![]() |
|
China's FDI falls 17.9% in first half
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-07-15 19:57 BEIJING: China's used foreign direct investment (FDI) dropped by 17.9 percent to US$43 billion in the first half of this year from a year ago, said Yao Jian, spokesman of the Ministry of Commerce, Wednesday. In June, used FDI fell 6.8 percent year on year to US$8.96 billion, up 11 percentage points from the May level, Yao said.
A total of 2,529 foreign companies had got permissions to set up in China in June, down 3.8 percent from the same period of last year, Yao said. The figure for the first half of the year was 10,419, down 28.4 percent from last year, he said. To combat the negative impact brought by declining FDI, the ministry would continue to work with other government departments on more policies to boost industrial upgrading, improve the country's investment environment and attract more investment to the central and western regions, said Yao. In 2008, foreign-invested businesses contributed 29.7 percent of the country's industrial output, 21 percent of tax revenue, 55.3 percent of exports and 54.7 percent of imports. It also created jobs for 45 million people, according to earlier figures from the commerce ministry. |
韶山市| 佛教| 隆昌县| 邯郸县| 巩义市| 浦县| 安徽省| 凤城市| 田林县| 肃宁县| 沁源县| 剑阁县| 白城市| 襄樊市| 铜梁县| 太谷县| 丰宁| 洛川县| 边坝县| 内江市| 青岛市| 方正县| 陵川县| 北川| 阳西县| 西丰县| 聂荣县| 德阳市| 宜昌市| 呈贡县| 涟水县| 会泽县| 藁城市| 龙海市| 竹山县| 都江堰市| 建湖县| 津南区| 来凤县| 泗阳县| 穆棱市|