During the first quarter of this year China approved the establishment of 8,909 foreign-funded corporations, a decrease of 4.26 percent over the same period of the previous year, according to statistics from the Ministry of Commerce. The number of actually used foreign investment stood at $14.246 billion, up 6.4 percent.

During the first three months, the top ten countries/regions investing in China (in real term) were: Hong Kong, British Virgin Islands, Japan, the ROK, Germany, United States, Cayman Islands, Taiwan Province, Singapore and Samoa.

By People's Daily Online