In 2014, a total of 23,778 foreign-funded enterprises were approved in China, up 4.4% year on year, with actually utilized FDI of 736.37 billion yuan (US$ 119.56 billion), up 1.7% year on year (excluding data of banking, securities and insurance). In December, a total of 2,482 foreign-funded enterprises were approved, up 6.1% year on year with actually utilized FDI of 81.87 billion yuan (US$13.32 billion), up 10.3% year on year. The main characteristics of foreign investment in January-December are as follows:
1. Actually utilized FDI in the service industry maintained a growth. In January-December, actually utilized FDI reached 406.81 billion yuan (US$ 66.24 billion), up 7.8% year on year, accounting for 55.4% of the national total. Among that, actually utilized FDI in the distribution service and the transportation service enjoyed a big growth, reaching 47.37 billion yuan (US$ 7.71 billion) and 27.35 billion yuan (US$ 4.46 billion) respectively. Actually utilized FDI in agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery reached 9.35 billion yuan (US$ 1.52 billion), down 15.4% year on year, accounting for 1.3% of the national total. Actually utilized FDI in manufacturing reached 245.25 billion yuan (US$ 39.94 billion), down 12.3% year on year, accounting for 33.4% of the national total, among which actually utilized FDI in communication equipment, computer and other electronic equipment manufacturing, transportation equipment manufacturing, chemical raw materials and chemical products industry reached 37.74 billion yuan (US$ 6.15 billion), 23.47 billion yuan (US$ 3.82 billion) and 19.51 billion yuan (US$ 3.18 billion) respectively.
2. Investment from major countries and regions maintained steady growth. In January-December, the actual FDI in the Chinese mainland from the top 10 investors (Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Japan, the ROK, the U.S., Germany, the UK, France and the Netherlands) amounted to 691.53 billion yuan (US$ 112.59 billion), accounting for 94.2% of the total, up 2.7% year on year. Among which, the investment from the ROK and the UK was 24.35 billion yuan (US$ 3.97 billion) and 8.33 billion yuan (US$ 1.35 billion) respectively, up 29.8% and 28% year on year respectively; the investment from Japan reached 26.57 billion yuan (US$ 4.33 billion), down 38.8% year on year; the investment from the U.S. was 16.36 billion yuan (US$ 2.66 billion), down 20.6% year on year. Besides, investment from 28 EU countries reached 42.07 billion yuan (US$ 6.85 billion), down 5.3% year on year; and investment from ASEAN amounted to 39.98 billion yuan ( US$ 6.51 billion), down 23.8% year on year.
3. Actually utilized FDI in central China enjoyed a rapid growth, and that in eastern and western regions remained steady. In January-December, actually utilized FDI in eastern regions reached 601.49 billion yuan (US$ 97.92 billion), up 1.1% year on year; that in central regions reached 66.69 billion yuan (US$ 10.86 billion), up 7.5% year on year; and that in western regions amounted to 66.16 billion yuan (US$ 10.78 billion), up 1.6% year on year.
