Foreign Exchange Bureau: In the first half of the year, the net inflow of direct investment in China was $ 149.6 billion

On August 5th, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange announced the preliminary number of the balance sheet of the international revenue and expenditure in the second and first year of 2022 and the first half of the year. According to the US dollar value, in the second quarter of 2022, my country ’s frequent account surplus was 80.2 billion US dollars. Among them, the trade surplus of goods was US $ 175.7 billion, the service trade deficit was US $ 21.1 billion, the initial revenue deficit was US $ 79.8 billion, and the secondary income surplus was 5.4 billion US dollars. Among the capital and financial accounts, the direct investment surplus surplus is 15 billion US dollars, and reserve assets have reduced $ 19 billion.

According to the US dollar value, in the first half of 2022, my country's frequent account surplus was 169.1 billion US dollars, of which the trade surplus of goods was US $ 320.7 billion, the service trade deficit was US $ 37.8 billion, the initial revenue deficit was US $ 12.4.4 billion, and the secondary revenue surplus was 10.7 billion US dollars. Among the capital and financial accounts, the direct investment surplus surplus was US $ 74.9 billion, and reserve assets increased by $ 20.4 billion.

Wang Chunying, deputy director and spokesman of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, said that the preliminary data of the balance table of the international revenue and expenditure showed that my country's international revenue and expenditure remained basically balanced in the first half of 2022. Among them, the frequent account surplus is 169.1 billion US dollars, which is 1.9%of the domestic GDP (GDP) of the same period, and continues to be in a reasonable balanced range; the net inflow of direct investment is 74.9 billion US dollars, which remains at a high level.

At the same time, Wang Chunying said that in the first half of 2022, my country's international revenue and expenditure status had several major characteristics. First, the trade surplus of goods increased year -on -year. In the first half of 2022, the import and export of cargo trade in my country showed strong toughness. my country's international revenue and expenditure -caliber cargo trade surplus was 320.7 billion US dollars, an increase of 36%, the highest value in the same period of the year. Among them, the trade exports of goods were US $ 1643.7 billion, a year -on -year increase of 13%; imports were US $ 1323 billion, an increase of 8%year -on -year.

Secondly, the service trade deficit narrowed year -on -year. In the first half of 2022, the service trade deficit was US $ 37.8 billion, a year -on -year decrease of 30%. Among them, the travel deficit was 51.9 billion US dollars, a year -on -year increase of 31%, mainly because the expenditure of overseas study abroad has recovered; the intellectual property use fee deficit is 15.9 billion US dollars, which is basically the same as the same period in 2021. The international cooperation in the field of intellectual property has continued to expand; the transport deficit was 2.2 billion US dollars, a year -on -year decrease of 89%, mainly because the growth rate of transportation revenue was faster than expenditure; Inject new kinetic energy into my country's service trade development.

In addition, direct investment maintains a high level of net inflow. In the first half of 2022, the net inflow of direct investment was US $ 74.9 billion. Among them, the net inflow of direct investment in my country shows that the market has remained attractive to foreign investment; the net outflow of foreign direct investment is US $ 74.7 billion, which is generally smooth and orderly.

"In general, my country's efficient overall preparation of epidemics prevention and control and economic and social development, strong economic toughness, great potential, and dynamic, long -term good fundamentals have not changed, which is conducive to the continued balance of income and expenditure in my country." Wang Chunying said Essence (Liu Qi)

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