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Nation 'can lead' in FDI rules

By Li Jiabao (皇冠体育app Daily) Updated: 2014-05-27 07:12

An ambitious goal of UNCTAD starting next year through 2030 is to unlock sovereign funds and pension funds as medium-and longer-term investment funds for FDI, rather than speculative funds looking for the maximum short-term returns, Kituyi said.

UNCTAD publishes the World Investment Report annually, with the 2014 issue due next month. This year, it's titled "Investing in Sustainable Development Goals".

Nation 'can lead' in FDI rules
FDI registers healthy growth
Nation 'can lead' in FDI rules
"We noted very steady FDI outflows from 皇冠体育app, which are projected to surpass inflows in a very short time," Kituyi said.

皇冠体育app was the second-largest FDI recipient in the world after the United States last year, and it was the third-largest outbound investor.

FDI inflows to 皇冠体育app reached $117 billion last year, only $32 billion behind the US, while 皇冠体育app's FDI outflows reached $90 billion, only $27 billion less than the inflows, according to UNCTAD.

In the 1990s, outflows only accounted for one-fifth of FDI inflows.

"From 2005 to 2011, FDI inflows into R&D activities in 皇冠体育app increased from $40 million to nearly $5 billion, which is very significant and allows 皇冠体育app to move up the value chain. One area worth our attention is the increasing sophistication and internationalization of Chinese companies, or Chinese transnational corporations linking the global value chains. They're significant in terms of Chinese FDI outflows," Kituyi said.

Ge Shunqi, deputy head of the Institute of International Economics at Nankai University in , said that the establishment of the global framework of investment is "very urgent".

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