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Statistics

In January-December of 2014, China’s import and export totaled US$ 4.30304 trillion, up 3.4% year on year. Export was US$ 2.34275 trillion, up 6.1% year on year, and import was US$ 1.96029 trillion, up 0.4%, with trade surplus of US$ 382.46 billion, up 47.7%.

In December 2014, China’s import and export totaled US$ 405.41 billion, up 4% year on year. Export was US$ 227.51 billion, up 9.7%, and import was US$ 177.9 billion, down 2.4%, with trade surplus of US$ 49.61 billion,up 96.7% year on year.

 

Statistics of FDI in China in January-February 2015

According to the statistics of news release of foreign investment, from January to February 2015, Newly Approved Foreign-invested Enterprises amounted to 3831, up by 38.6% year on year; and the actual use of foreign investment reached RMB 138.19b(USD 22.48billion), up by 17% year on year.

According to the statistics of news release of foreign investment, in February 2015, Newly Approved Foreign-invested Enterprises amounted to 1565, up by 49.7% year on year; and the actual use of foreign investment reached RMB 52.66b(USD 8.56billion), up by 0.9% year on year.

From January to February this year, the top ten nations and regions with investment in China (as per the actual input of foreign capital) are as follows: Hong Kong (USD16.91b), Taiwan Province(USD910m), R.O.K.(USD880m), Singapore (USD610m), Japan (USD600m), U.S.A. (USD490m), Germany (USD410m), France (USD280m), Saudi Arabia (USD240m) and U.K. (USD210m), total of which accounted for 95.8% of total actual use of foreign investment in the country.

 

Brief Statistics on China’s Non-Financial Direct Investment Overseas in January-June 2015

In January-June 2015, Chinese investors made direct investment overseas in 4,018 enterprises in 147 countries and regions. Direct investment overseas amounted to RMB343.2 billion (equivalent to US$56 billion ), up 29.2% year on year, of which equity investments and other investments were RMB291.72 billion (equivalent to US$47.6 billion), accounting for 85%, up 38.6% year on year and reinvestment of earnings was RMB51.48 billion (equivalent to US$8.4 billion ), accounting for 15%, down 6.7% year on year.

 

Brief Statistics on China’s Contracted Projects Overseas in January 2015

The turnover by China’s overseas contracted projects in January 2015 reached 71.63 billion yuan (equivalent to US$11.69 billion), up 54.8% year on year; and the value of newly-signed contracts was 104.28 billion (equivalent to US$17.02 billion), up 22.2% year on year.