The State Council Information Office recently held a press conference to introduce policies and measures related to the use of foreign capital to stabilize and promote excellence.
Ling Ji, Vice Minister of Commerce and Deputy Representative for International Trade Negotiations, said at the meeting that my country’s stock of foreign investment is rising steadily and incremental foreign investment is generally stable. The overall situation of foreign investment in China shows the remarkable characteristics of “stable scale”, “stable operations”, “stable contribution” and “stable expectations”.
To stabilize foreign investment, we must first look at the stock of foreign investment.
In terms of scale, the number of foreign-funded enterprises in my country continues to increase.
By the end of 2025, the number of foreign-funded enterprises will reach 533,000, an average annual growth of 4.5% compared with the end of 2020 five years ago.
At the same time, by the end of 2025, the scale of existing foreign investment will be close to US$4 trillion, with an average annual growth rate of 3.6% in five years.
According to incomplete statistics, more than 8,000 foreign-funded companies will increase investment in China in 2025, a year-on-year increase of more than 10%. From one to five months this year, nearly 4,000 foreign-funded companies have made additional investments.
From the perspective of operating conditions, during the “14th Five-Year Plan” period, the operating income of foreign-invested enterprises reached 262.7 trillion yuan, and the profit was 21.4 trillion yuan. The average annual growth rate of both indicators was around 5%.
From January to May this year, the foreign trade import and export of foreign-funded enterprises reached 866.3 billion US dollars, accounting for 29.1% of the country’s foreign trade import and export, nearly 30%, which fully demonstrates the important position of foreign-funded enterprises in my country’s foreign trade field.
From the perspective of the contribution of foreign investment to our country’s economy, since 2020, the tax revenue contributed by foreign-funded enterprises has remained at around 2.5 trillion yuan every year, accounting for approximately 1/7 of the national tax revenue.
In terms of employment, over the past five years, foreign-invested enterprises have employed more than 30 million people annually on average.
From 2023 to 2025, the industrial added value of foreign-funded enterprises above designated size has maintained growth for three consecutive years. The deep integration of foreign-funded enterprises with local product supply chains has played a positive role in the overall stability of China’s domestic supply chain.
Watch stable foreign investment and pay attention to the increase.
Ling Ji pointed out that China still ranks first among developing countries in attracting foreign investment, and China has always been the world’s major cross-border investment destination.
Over the years, the overall increase in actual utilization of foreign investment has remained above US$100 billion. Although there have been fluctuations, the increase in foreign investment has been generally stable, which fully demonstrates that China still has strong resilience in attracting foreign investment.
To sum up, our country has achieved remarkable results in attracting foreign investment. The stable development of foreign investment is of great significance to the sustained growth of our economy and industrial upgrading.
In the future, our country will continue to optimize the business environment, further attract foreign investment, and promote high-quality economic development.
