China News Service, November 7th. According to the website of the Ministry of Commerce, on the 7th, the Ministry of Commerce, the National Bureau of Statistics and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange jointly issued the "2021 Statistical Bulletin of China's Foreign Direct Investment" (hereinafter referred to as the "Bulletin").
The communique shows that China's foreign direct investment in 2021 will have the following characteristics:
First, the status of a major foreign investment country is stable.
In 2021, China's foreign direct investment flow will be 178.82 billion US dollars, an increase of 16.3% over the previous year, ranking among the top three in the world for ten consecutive years.
At the end of 2021, China's foreign direct investment stock was US$2.79 trillion, ranking among the top three in the world for five consecutive years.
In 2021, the scale of China's two-way investment will be basically the same.
Second, the investment structure was continuously optimized.
In 2021, China's foreign direct investment will cover 18 major industries in the national economy, of which 80% of the investment will flow to leasing and business services, wholesale and retail, manufacturing, finance, and transportation, with the flow exceeding US$10 billion.
By the end of 2021, the investment stock of leasing and business services, wholesale and retail, finance, manufacturing and other industries will exceed US$100 billion.
Third, investment in countries along the “Belt and Road” continued to grow.
By the end of 2021, China has established more than 11,000 enterprises in the countries along the “Belt and Road”, accounting for about a quarter of the total number of overseas enterprises in China. In 2021, the direct investment in countries along the “Belt and Road” reached a record high of US$24.15 billion. , accounting for 13.5% of China's annual total foreign investment flow; the stock at the end of the year was 213.84 billion US dollars, accounting for 7.7% of the total stock.
Fourth, local enterprises are active in foreign investment.
In 2021, local enterprises will invest 87.73 billion US dollars in non-financial foreign investment, accounting for 57.7%.
By the end of 2021, the number of non-financial enterprises established overseas by local enterprises accounted for 86.3%, with Guangdong, Shanghai and Zhejiang ranking the top three.
Fifth, the mutual benefit and win-win results are remarkable.
In 2021, foreign investment will drive the export of goods to US$214.2 billion, an increase of 23.3% over the previous year; it will drive the import of goods to US$128 billion, an increase of 44%.
That year, overseas enterprises paid US$55.5 billion in taxes to the places where they invested, an increase of 24.7% over the previous year; about 3.95 million jobs were created for the local area.
(Zhongxin Finance)