Foreign direct investment (FDI) in China in January this year totaled $12.41 billion, up 2.8 percent year on year, with a total of 4,646 new companies set up by foreign investment in China, declining by 10.6 percent year on year, as announced by China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC).
In particular, in the given period the direct investments made in China by Hong Kong, Singapore, the US, the UK and the Netherlands increased by 6.5 percent, 5.0 percent, 124.6 percent, 13.7 percent and 95.6 percent, respectively, year on year.
Meanwhile, in the given period, the direct investments made by countries in One Belt, One Road area, by the ASEAN region and the European Union rose by 10.1 percent, 2.7 percent and 22.5 percent, respectively, year on year.