The latest | more than 153.7 billion US dollars, ranking first in the world!

Today (September 29), the Ministry of Commerce, the National Bureau of statistics and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange jointly issued the statistical bulletin of China's foreign direct investment in 2020.

In 2020, facing novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic's serious impact on the world economy, the Ministry of Commerce and other departments resolutely implemented the decision and deployment of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, closely focused on building a new development pattern, and coordinated the development of overseas enterprises' project personnel epidemic prevention and control and foreign investment cooperation, and encouraged and guided the strength. Chinese enterprises with good reputation go out and actively participate in international competition and cooperation. In 2020, China's foreign direct investment achieved steady, healthy and orderly development.

On September 29, the Ministry of Commerce, the National Bureau of statistics and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange jointly issued the statistical bulletin of China's foreign direct investment in 2020 (hereinafter referred to as the bulletin), officially announcing the statistical data of China's foreign direct investment in 2020.

The bulletin comprehensively introduces China's foreign direct investment in 2020 in six parts: overview of China's foreign direct investment, characteristics of China's foreign direct investment, China's investment in major economies, composition of foreign direct investors, regional and industrial distribution of foreign direct investment enterprises, and comprehensive statistical data.

According to the communique, China's foreign direct investment in 2020 mainly presents the following characteristics:

First, foreign investment by Chinese enterprises has remained active on the whole. In 2020, China's foreign direct investment was US $153.71 billion, a year-on-year increase of 12.3%, ranking first in the world for the first time. At the end of 2020, China's foreign direct investment stock reached US $2.58 trillion, second only to the United States (US $8.13 trillion) and the Netherlands (US $3.8 trillion). China's influence in global foreign direct investment continues to expand, and the flow accounts for more than 10% of the world for five consecutive years, accounting for 20.2% in 2020; The stock accounted for 6.6%, an increase of 0.2 percentage points over the previous year. In 2020, China's two-way investment will be basically flat, and the introduction and going out will develop simultaneously.

Two, the one belt, one road, along the way of investment in the country has been growing steadily. By the end of 2020, 28000 Chinese domestic investors had established 45000 foreign direct investment enterprises in 189 countries (regions) around the world. More than 80% of the world's countries (regions) had Chinese investment, and the total assets of overseas enterprises at the end of the year were US $7.9 trillion. In one belt, one road, more than 1.1 overseas enterprises were established. In 2020, the direct investment of US $22 billion 540 million was 20.6%, representing an increase of 14.7% over the same period. At the end of the year, the stock was US $2007.9 billion, accounting for 7.8% of the total stock. From 2013 to 2020, China's cumulative direct investment in countries along the line was US $139.85 billion.

Third, the investment field is becoming more and more extensive and the structure is constantly optimized. In 2020, China's foreign direct investment will cover 18 industry categories of the national economy, and nearly 70% of the investment will flow to leasing and business services, manufacturing, wholesale and retail, and finance, with a flow of more than 10 billion US dollars in all four industries. By the end of 2020, 80% of China's foreign direct investment stock was concentrated in the service industry, mainly in the fields of leasing and business services, wholesale and retail, information transmission / software and information technology services, finance, real estate, transportation / warehousing and postal services.

Fourth, the foreign investment of non-public economy and public economy holding entities go hand in hand. In 2020, among China's foreign non-financial investment flows, domestic investors with non-public economic control invested US $67.16 billion, accounting for 50.1%, with a year-on-year increase of 14.1%; Domestic investors controlled by the public economy invested US $66.89 billion, accounting for 49.9%, a year-on-year increase of 15.1%.

Fifth, mutual benefit and win-win results are highlighted to achieve common development. In 2020, the total amount of various taxes paid by overseas Chinese funded enterprises to the countries and regions where the investment is located will be US $44.5 billion, employing 2.218 million foreign employees, accounting for 60.6% of the total number of employees of overseas enterprises. Foreign investment led to the export of domestic goods of US $173.7 billion, accounting for 6.7% of China's total export value. Overseas Chinese funded enterprises achieved sales revenue of US $2.4 trillion in that year.

In 2021, facing the still severe and complex external environment, the Ministry of Commerce will work with relevant departments to thoroughly implement the decisions and arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, coordinate the project development and safety of overseas enterprises, further do a good job in the epidemic prevention and control of project personnel of overseas enterprises, prevent and resolve various risks, guide enterprises to establish new development concepts, serve and build a new development pattern, We should promote one belt, one road and another with high quality.

Source: website of the Ministry of Commerce

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