Foreign direct investment (FDI) in China in 2018 totaled $134.97 billion, up 3.0 percent year on year, with a total of 60,533 new companies set up by foreign investment in China, rising by 69.8 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 Singapore, South Korea, Japan, the UK, Germany and the US increased by 8.1 percent, 24.1 percent, 13.6 percent, 150.1 percent, 79.3 percent and 7.7 percent, respectively, year on year.