Ministry of Commerce: In 2021, the foreign direct investment of the whole industry will be 936.69 billion yuan

　　Zhongxin Finance, January 20. On the 20th, the Ministry of Commerce stated at a regular press conference that in 2021, the foreign direct investment of the whole industry will be 936.69 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 2.2% (equivalent to 145.19 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 9.2%) .

　　According to the Ministry of Commerce, in 2021, my country's foreign investment and cooperation will develop steadily.

The foreign direct investment of the whole industry was 936.69 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 2.2% (equivalent to 145.19 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 9.2%).

The turnover of foreign contracted projects was 999.62 billion yuan, down 7.1% year-on-year (equivalent to US$154.94 billion, down 0.6% year-on-year); the value of newly signed contracts was 1,667.68 billion yuan, down 5.4% year-on-year (equivalent to US$258.49 billion, up 1.2% year-on-year). ).

The annual foreign investment and cooperation showed the following characteristics:

　　First, investment in countries along the “Belt and Road” has grown rapidly.

The non-financial direct investment in countries along the “Belt and Road” was 20.3 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 14.1%, which made a positive contribution to promoting the economic development of the host country.

　　Second, the number of large-scale foreign contracted projects increased.

There were 560 newly signed projects with a contract value of over 100 million US dollars, an increase of 46 over the previous year, mainly in the fields of infrastructure such as transportation, which is conducive to further promoting interconnection.

　　Third, the construction of overseas economic and trade cooperation zones has achieved remarkable results.

As of the end of 2021, the overseas economic and trade cooperation zones included in the statistics of the Ministry of Commerce are distributed in 46 countries, with a total investment of 50.7 billion US dollars, paying taxes and fees of 6.6 billion US dollars to the host countries, creating 392,000 local jobs, and effectively promoting mutual benefit and win-win results. developing.

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