China News Service, September 11, according to the website of the Ministry of Commerce, from January to August 2020, the actual use of foreign capital nationwide was 619.78 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 2.6% (equivalent to US$89 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 0.3%; excluding banks, Securities and insurance fields, the same below).
In August, the country’s actual use of foreign capital was 84.13 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 18.7% (equivalent to US$12.03 billion, a year-on-year increase of 15%).
In terms of different industries, from January to August, the actual use of foreign capital in the service industry was 476.61 billion yuan, an increase of 12.1% year-on-year; the high-tech service industry increased by 28.2% year-on-year, of which information services, R&D and design services, professional technical services, and technological achievements transformation Services increased by 24%, 47.3%, 111.4% and 20.2% year-on-year respectively.
Among the main sources of investment, from January to August, the actual amount of foreign investment in Hong Kong, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands increased by 10%, 8.9%, 17.2% and 73.6% year-on-year respectively (including investment data through Freeport).