State economic zones introduce over 100 bln USD of foreign investment by end of June

China's state-level economic and technological development zones have introduced an accumulated 107.2 billion U.S. dollars of foreign investment by the end of June this year.

In the first six months of 2006, the zones' actual use of foreign funds hit 7.27 billion dollars, up 14.5 percent from the same period of 2005, or making up 25.6 percent of the country's actual use of foreign investment, according to data from the 2006 International Investment Forum, which opened Friday in Xiamen, East China's Fujian Province.

From 1984 to 2002, the State Council, China's cabinet, approved 49 state-level economic and technological development zones and five industrial zones which enjoyed the favorable policies of the above-mentioned economic and technological development zones.

These zones cover an area of 841.7 square kilometers and scatter in 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities.

Source: Xinhua