In the first half of the year, the actual amount of foreign investment in the country was 723.31 billion yuan, an increase of 17.4 % year -on -year -foreign investment is still optimistic about China's economic prospects

On July 29, the Ministry of Commerce released data showing that from January to June, the actual amount of foreign capital used in the country was 723.31 billion yuan, an increase of 17.4%year -on -year by comparable caliber, equivalent to 112.35 billion US dollars, an increase of 21.8%. In the context of over -expected sudden impacts and significantly increased economic downlink pressure in the second quarter, the country's absorption of foreign investment in the first half of the year has achieved rapid growth. Experts said that although facing a severe and complex international situation, comprehensive consideration of the favorable conditions of various parties, the absorption of foreign capital in my country in the second half of the year is expected to maintain a growth trend.

"In the first half of the year, my country's absorption of foreign investment achieved two -digit growth, which was valuable to achieve this achievement." Bai Ming, deputy director of the International Market Research Institute of the Ministry of Commerce, said that in the case of the affected affected by the epidemic and other areas, absorbing, absorbing Foreign capital has maintained rapid growth, which is closely related to policies and measures such as continuous improvement of the business environment and actively expanding market access in my country for many years. At the same time, it also shows that foreign investment is still optimistic about China's economic prospects. Data show that in the first half of the year, the actual capital of more than US $ 100 million in foreign capital in my country actually increased by 30.2%year -on -year, accounting for 53.2%of the country's absorption of foreign capital, which led to obvious role.

From the perspective of investment structure, manufacturing and high -tech industries have achieved "dual improvement", and the structure is more optimized. Data show that in the first half of this year, the actual use of foreign investment in the manufacturing industry increased by 54.8%, accounting for 5.9 percentage points to 25.4%in the same period last year; the actual use of foreign investment in high -tech industries increased by 33.6%, accounting for 3.8 percentage points to 35.5%. "This is inseparable from Zhu Keli, executive director of the China Information Association and Dean of the New Economic Research Institute, the executive director of the China Information Association and the Dean of the New Economic Research Institute.

From the perspective of the source, the main investment sources are growing steadily. The actual investment in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom increased by 26.1%, 13.9%, and 13.4%, respectively, and the actual investment in South Korea and Hong Kong in South Korea and China increased by 37.2%and 15.8%, respectively. From the perspective of regional distribution, the actual use of foreign investment in eastern, central, and western regions of my country increased by 15.6%, 25%, and 43.9%, respectively. The actual use of foreign investment in the central and western regions has grown faster than the eastern region.

"The expansion of the open platforms such as the Pilot Free Trade Zone, the service industry expands the comprehensive pilot area, and the national economic development zone is increasingly attractive." Bai Ming said. Data show that in the first half of the year, my country's 21 free trade pilot zones actually used 119.85 billion yuan in foreign capital, an increase of 16.8%, attracting nearly 16.6%of foreign capital with an area of ​​less than four thousandths. The service industry expanded the "1+4" demonstration area of ​​the service industry to increase foreign investment by 15%, accounting for 34.7%of my country's service industry. The absorption of foreign investment in 230 national economic development zones increased by 42.1%, accounting for 19.6%.

In the first half of this year, in order to overcome the adverse impact of the epidemic, the special courses of key foreign -funded projects played a positive role, improved service efficiency, and strived to stabilize the industrial chain supply chain. Establish a normalized exchange mechanism with the Foreign Commerce Association, carry out 44 exchanges activities, timely understand corporate demands, respond to concerns, and help foreign companies to solve practical problems. "Since the beginning of this year, we have promoted 256 difficulties in various types of difficulties reflected by foreign enterprises to ensure stable operations of enterprises." Said Chen Chunjiang, director of the Foreign Investment Department of the Ministry of Commerce. In addition, promote the implementation of large foreign projects. Supervise all localities to improve the working mechanism, increase overall planning, and promote a number of key projects to accelerate the construction and arrival.

Bai Ming believes that after the first half of the year, my country has accumulated mature experience in dealing with emergencies and maintaining the industrial chain and supply chain stability, creating conditions for stabilizing foreign investment in the second half of the year. "There is a reason to believe that in the second half of the year, my country's absorption of foreign investment can still maintain a growth trend, and will bring more development opportunities to foreign investment and become a stabilizer for global multinational investment." Zhu Kelai said.

In the next step, the Ministry of Commerce will quickly launch new policies and measures for stable foreign investment. Special policies such as "Encouraging Foreign Investment Industry Catalogs" and "Encouraging Foreign Investment Industry Catalogs" and "Foreign Investors' Strategic Investment Management Measures". Improve the dynamic update mechanism of key foreign -funded projects, and launch a new number of national key foreign -funded projects. Promote the addition of the service industry to expand the comprehensive pilot area of ​​open openness. Introduce more pilot measures for reform and innovation in service industry. Copy and promote a new batch of pilot results and promote the opening of the national service industry. (Reporter Feng Qiyu)

Source: Economic Daily

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