According to the latest data released by the Ministry of Commerce on February 15, the actual use of foreign capital nationwide in January was 102.28 billion yuan, an increase of 11.6% year-on-year. Zhang Fei, deputy director of the Institute of Foreign Investment of the Ministry of Commerce Research Institute, said that in terms of the year-on-year growth rate and scale of foreign investment in January in recent years, the year-on-year growth rate of 11.6% was a high point, reversing the sluggish growth of foreign investment in January in the past five years. .
The latest “Investment Trends Monitor” report of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development shows that global foreign direct investment (FDI) will rebound strongly in 2021, but the global recovery will be highly uneven.
“Global foreign direct investment in January should continue the previous growth trend. Against this background, China’s absorption of foreign investment has maintained a sustained growth trend.” said Sang Baichuan, dean of the Institute of International Economics at the University of International Business and Economics.
It can be seen from the data that the actual use of foreign capital in the service industry was 82.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 12.2%. The actual use of foreign capital in the high-tech industry increased by 26.1% year-on-year, of which the high-tech manufacturing industry increased by 32% and the high-tech service industry increased by 24.6%. “This shows that the trend of attracting foreign investment with high quality has not changed.” Zhang Fei said.
“Since this year, my country’s economy has faced triple pressures, but the fundamentals of its positive development have not changed.” Liu Xiangdong, deputy director of the Economic Research Department of the China Center for International Economic Exchanges, said in an interview with a reporter from the Economic Daily that from January’s data, my country’s The high-tech industries attracted foreign investment to maintain a high growth trend, and the actual use of foreign investment in the service industry also maintained a double-digit growth year-on-year. This reflects that foreign capital is actively adapting to the new changes and new requirements of my country’s economic development, giving full play to the comparative advantages of foreign capital in connection with internal and external financing and technology, and actively participating in my country’s optimization of the supply system, cultivating a strong domestic demand market and promoting the modernization of the industrial chain. Among them, it has also made new contributions to the high-quality development of my country’s economy.
In addition, from the perspective of regional distribution, the actual use of foreign capital in the eastern, central and western regions of my country increased by 8.7%, 46.2% and 42.2% respectively year-on-year. Zhang Fei said that under the guidance of my country’s higher-level opening up and high-quality development strategy, the economy of the central and western regions has grown rapidly and risen. Compared with the more mature eastern region, it has released more consumption space and more markets. Potential and more adequate development opportunities have laid a solid foundation for attracting a large number of foreign investment.
Of course, with the changes of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the international competition for investment will become more intense, and China is also facing pressures such as changes in the RMB exchange rate and the rise in the PPI index, which will also cause certain disturbances to the inflow of foreign capital. “Nevertheless, under the condition that the domestic economy maintains relatively steady growth, foreign investment will still be optimistic about the opportunities and prospects for investment and development in China.” Sang Baichuan believes.
Previously, Chen Chunjiang, director of the Department of Foreign Investment Management of the Ministry of Commerce, once said that although my country faces great challenges in attracting foreign investment this year, it has a good foundation for economic development and epidemic prevention and control to maintain a global leading position, with complete industrial facilities and complete infrastructure. , abundant human resources and other favorable conditions, there is a strong attraction for foreign investment in the super-large market, and foreign investment in China is generally expected to be good. (Economic Daily reporter Feng Qiyu)
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