Ministry of Commerce: China's actual use of foreign capital achieved positive growth in April

　　China News Service, May 14th, Ministry of Commerce spokesman Gao Feng said at a regular press conference on the 14th that this year, the Party Central Committee and the State Council have issued a series of foreign investment stabilization policies and measures to strengthen investment promotion and protection, foreign investment Confidence has continued to increase, and a number of key foreign investment projects have been signed and implemented, coupled with a low base in the same period last year, China's actual use of foreign investment in April achieved positive growth for the first time.

　　Gao Feng said that from January to April 2020, affected by the new coronary pneumonia epidemic, the actual use of foreign capital nationwide was 286.55 billion yuan, down 6.1% year-on-year, equivalent to 41.34 billion U.S. dollars, down 8.4% year-on-year (excluding bank, securities, and insurance data, (Same below), narrowed by 4.7 percentage points from the first quarter. In the month of April, the actual foreign capital used nationwide was 70.36 billion yuan, an increase of 11.8% year-on-year (equivalent to 10.14 billion US dollars, an increase of 8.6% year-on-year).

　　From January to April, the actual use of foreign capital in the high-tech industry increased by 2.7% year-on-year. Among them, information services, e-commerce services, and professional technical services increased by 46.9%, 73.8%, and 99.6% respectively year-on-year.

　　From January to April, in major economies and regions, the actual foreign investment in countries along the “Belt and Road” increased by 7.9% year-on-year; the actual foreign investment in ASEAN increased by 13% year-on-year; the actual foreign investment in the EU decreased by 29.1% year-on-year.

　　"In the next step, we will do a good job of the 'six stability' work in accordance with the decisions and deployment of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, fully implement the 'six guarantees' task, and promote the simultaneous increase and stabilization of stocks, and strengthen the service guarantee of foreign-funded enterprises and key foreign-funded projects. We will implement various policies for stabilizing foreign investment, continue to optimize the business environment, further improve investment promotion, secure business, and stabilize business, and continuously increase the confidence of foreign investors in long-term investment and management in China. "Gao Feng said.