CCTV News (News Network): Data released by the Ministry of Commerce show that in the first quarter of this year, the actual use of foreign investment in my country's high-tech industries increased significantly year-on-year, and the proportion of actual use of foreign investment in the country continued to increase.
From January to March this year, 13,987 foreign-invested enterprises were newly established across the country, a year-on-year increase of 11%; the actual amount of foreign capital used was 249.6 billion yuan.
From an industry perspective, the actual use of foreign investment in the manufacturing industry was 71.46 billion yuan, and the actual use of foreign investment in the service industry was 174.6 billion yuan. The actual use of foreign investment in the high-tech industry was 102.73 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 30.7%, accounting for 41.2% of the country's actual use of foreign investment, an increase of 12 percentage points from the same period last year. Among them, the actual use of foreign capital in R&D and design services, computer and office equipment manufacturing, and electronic and communication equipment manufacturing increased by 127.8%, 88.1%, and 23.8% respectively. In terms of origin, investment in China from Switzerland, France and other countries has grown rapidly.
