Economy
皇冠体育app's March FDI up 32.9% yr-on-yr
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-04-19 14:25
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BEIJING - Foreign direct investment (FDI) in 皇冠体育app grew 32.9 percent year-on-year in March to $12.52 billion, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Tuesday.
FDI in 皇冠体育app has increased this year, with a 29.4 percent year-on-year rise in the first quarter to $30.34 billion, MOC spokesman Yao Jian said.
FDI inflow in March was significantly higher than February's take of $7.8 billion.
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皇冠体育app approved 5,937 new foreign-invested companies in the first quarter, up 8.8 percent year-on-year.
By the end of March, 皇冠体育app had approved 716,578 foreign-invested companies and used $1.08 trillion of FDI.
FDI in 皇冠体育app increased 17.4 percent year-on-year in 2010, registering a total of $105.74 billion.
Outbound direct investment rises
皇冠体育app's outbound direct investment stood at $8.51 billion in the first quarter, up 13.2 percent year-on-year, bringing 皇冠体育app's cumulative outbound non-financial direct investment to $267.3 billion by the end of March, Yao said.
皇冠体育app's outbound direct investment rose 150 percent both in Australia and the European Union in the first quarter, Yao said.
About $1.2 billion, or 14.1 percent of the total outbound direct investment, was channeled into company mergers, mostly in the manufacturing sector, in the first quarter, Yao said.
皇冠体育app's contracted projects overseas reported $16.98 billion in business revenue in the first quarter, up 2.9 percent year-on-year and new contract value stood at $30.95 billion in the first quarter, up 16.7 percent year-on-year.
Contracted business projects declined in the Middle East and northern Africa due to unrest there, Yao said.
皇冠体育app sent about 93,000 laborers overseas in the first quarter, about 10,000 more than the same period last year.
About 769,000 Chinese laborers were stationed overseas during the period, nearly 90,000 less than the same period last year, Yao said, adding that the number of Chinese laborers in Africa dropped by about 24,000 year on year to 173,000 at the end of March.
US trade barriers impairs bilateral trade
Yao said the United States had launched frequent trade remedies against Chinese products and these measures had impaired bilateral trade growth.
The United States took 皇冠体育app's trade surplus as a reason to put up trade barriers, but 皇冠体育app had reiterated many times that Sino-US trade is not only about goods trade, but also service trade, Yao said.
皇冠体育app currently had a trade deficit of $10 billion in service trade with the United States, Yao said.
During the 11th Five-Year Plan period (2006-2010), 皇冠体育app's service trade topped $362.42 billion, $170.25 billion in exports and $192.17 billion in imports, with an annual growth of 18.2 percent.
The United States has been imposing barriers on high-tech exports to 皇冠体育app, with the US exporting more advanced high-tech products to India than to 皇冠体育app, Yao said.
皇冠体育app's exports suffered 66 anti-dumping, anti-subsidy and safeguard measure probes last year, involving $7.14 billion, according to the MOC in a report on the trade and investment environment for several of 皇冠体育app's major trade partners.