Nearly 4,000 foreign-invested firms increase investment in China in Jan-May

In the first five months of this year, nearly 4,000 foreign-invested companies increased their investment in China, said Ling Ji, vice minister of commerce at a press conference in Beijing on Monday.

Ling, who is also the deputy China international trade representative, said that the number of foreign-invested companies in China continues to grow. By the end of 2025, the number of such enterprises reached 533,000, representing an average annual growth rate of 4.5 percent compared with the end of 2020.

By the end of 2025, the stock of foreign investment in China had approached four trillion U.S. dollars, he said.

More than 8,000 foreign-invested businesses increased their investment in China in 2025, marking a year-on-year increase of over 10 percent, said Ling.

In terms of foreign investment's contribution to China's economy, since 2020, tax revenue generated by foreign-invested firms has remained at around 2.5 trillion yuan (more than 368.8 billion U.S. dollars) annually, accounting for about one-seventh of the country's total, according to the official.

In terms of employment, foreign-invested companies have provided jobs for an average of more than 30 million people annually over the past five years, he said.

Ling said the country will beef up efforts to build a better business environment to attract more foreign investment going forward.

"At present, China remains the largest recipient of foreign direct investment among developing countries, and continues to be one of the world's major destinations for cross-border investment. Going forward, in line with the arrangements of the 15th Five-Year Plan, we will focus on expanding market access and opening up in the services sector. By stabilizing the existing stock of foreign investment, expanding its scale, and improving its quality, we will steadily expand opening-up, foster a more favorable business environment for international investors, and further consolidate the foundation for attracting foreign investment," he said.

Nearly 4,000 foreign-invested firms increase investment in China in Jan-May

Global supply chains are moving toward greater resilience, efficiency and vitality in the long run, even as geopolitical tensions pose systemic risks, according to a report released Monday at the fourth China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing.

The report, titled Global Supply Chain Report 2026 and published by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), added six new supply chain mappings covering artificial intelligence, 3D printing, hydrogen energy, steel, corn and maritime shipping, bringing the total number of mapped supply chains to 23 since the first expo in 2023.

The CCPIT also released global supply chain resilience indices, which this year expanded to include dedicated indices for the United States and the European Union.

The overall index readings from 2018 to 2025 show that global supply chain promotion, connectivity, innovation and resilience indices all registered gains.

"All indices registered upward movements, pointing to a stable and improving global supply chain environment in which cooperative dynamics continue to outweigh frictions. The resilience index, however, rose at a considerably slower pace than the others, which indicates that the resilience of global supply chain remains fragile and is still in a stage of gradual recovery," said Zhao Ping, dean of the Academy of CCPIT.

Experts attending the expo said that building resilient global supply chains requires countries to deepen collaboration and freely share technology, rather than resorting to the protectionist and unilateral policies that disrupt international trade.

Global supply chains moving toward resilience, efficiency despite geopolitical risks: report