China saw a 5.8-percent year-on-year increase in newly-established foreign-invested enterprises in the first two months of 2025, totaling 7,574 entities, data from the Ministry of Commerce showed.
The data, released on Friday, also showed that the actual use of foreign investment for January and February stood at 171.21 billion yuan (about 23.65 billion U.S. dollars), marking a 20.4-percent decrease from the previous year.
The manufacturing and the service industries actually used 47.82 billion yuan (about 6.61 billion U.S. dollars) and 120.49 billion yuan (about 16.65 billion U.S. dollars) of foreign capital respectively.
High-tech industries utilized 52.49 billion yuan (about 7.25 billion U.S. dollars) of foreign investment. Within this sector, the actual use of foreign capital in e-commerce services, biological medicine manufacturing, and intelligent consumer equipment manufacturing saw increases of 33.5 percent, 22.9 percent, and 40.7 percent respectively.
The United Kingdom, Germany, and South Korea markedly increased their investment in China, jumping by 87.9 percent, 54.7 percent, and 45.2 percent respectively.
China sees rise in foreign-invested companies in first two months of 2025
