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Biz-China Use of Foreign investment in West China increases The increase of actual use of foreign investment in China's western regions exceeded the nation's average by 128 percentage points in the first two months this year,said an official of the ministry of commerce on April 6. During the first two months,4,372 foreign investors came to China and the actual use of foreign investment rose 75 percent to US$18.1 billion.The western regions' actual use of foreign investment was US$1.393 billion,more than double over the     

CHINA'S INVESTMENT in 2010 H1

Attractiong foreign investment In the first half of 2010,the number of the newly established foreign-invested enterprises was 12377,an increase of 18.8%; the actual use of foreign investment was US$51.43billion,up 19.6%.     

Strategic Opportunities for Chinese Enterprises to Go Out

According to recent statistics,by the end of 2011,the total foreign direct investment of Chinese businesses had added up to 382.3 billion U.S dollars.Foreign direct investment flow of 2011 reached 65.1 billion U.S dollars,including 60.07 billion of overseas investments in the non-financial sector.Statistics of 2010 showed that Chinese foreign direct investment flow was the largest among developing countries and the fifth largest of all the countries in the world,exceeding the investment amount of such traditional investment powers as Japan and Britain for the first time.     

Korean Business Abroad——Korean business in china

Since China and South Korea established diplomatic ties in 1992, South Korean investment grew rapidly and soon became the main source of foreign capital in China.According to Ministry of Commerce statis- tics,as of the end of 2003,South Korea’s total actual investment in China amounted to 19,688 billion US dollars.Only in the first eight months of 2004,its actual investment in China had reached 4,661 bil- lion US dollars,more than Japan and the United States’ investment flows.     

Im/Ex in August,2010: Trade Surplus in Surprise Drop

On September 10, 2010, General Administration of Customs of the People＇s Republic of China （GAC） released the profile of China foreign trade import and export in August and the first eight months of this year. China＇s foreign trade in the first eight months totaled US$1.88 trillion, a year-on-year increase of 40 percent, according to the GAC. Trade surplus for the first eight months of the year totaled US$103.9 billion, down 14.6 percent from the same period last year.     

Irn/Ex in October, 2010： Trade Surplus Jumps to Second Highest

On November 10, 2010, General Administration of Customs of the People＇s Republic of China （GAC） released the profile of China＇s import and export in October and the first ten months of this year. China＇s foreign trade in the first ten months totaled US$2.3-9 trillion, a year- on-year increase of 36.3 percent, according to the GAC. Trade surplus for the first ten months of the year totaled US$144.77 billion, down 6.7% compared with the same period last year.     

Im/Ex in September, 2010: Export Continued to Surge

On October 13, 2010, General Administration of Customs of the People＇s Republic of China （GAC） released the profile of China＇s import and export in September and the first nine months of this year. China＇s foreign trade in the first nine months totaled US$2.15 trillion, a year-on-year increase of 37.9 percent, according to the GAC. Trade surplus for the first nine months of the year totaled US$120.6 billion.     

CONSTRUCTION

China's factory, construction spending up 27.3% China's spending on real estate and other fixed urban assets rose 27.3% in the first seven months of the year compared with the same period a year ago, the National Sta- tistics Bureau reported on August 15. The spending accelerated amid re- construction of areas devastated by May's earthquake. The bureau said investment in construction, factory equipment and other such assets totaled RMB 7.2 tril- lion (US＄1.1 trillion) in January-July. The growth rate was greater than the 26.8% rise in property and asset investment in the first half of the year. Regulators have repeatedly raised in-     

More Going Out than Coming in

China's FDI suffered a downturn again this March,with actual use of foreign capital of US$11.757 billion,6.1％ decrease year on year.It was the fifth continuous month that China suffered a fall in absorbing foreign investment.In the first quarter of 2012,China's FDI dropped by 2.8％ to US$29.48 billion,according to the Ministry of Commerce at its regular press conference on April 17. However,we found another interesting comparison figure,in the same first quarter of this year China's overseas investment witnessed an impressive growth of 94.5％ and reached US$16.55 billion.     

Im/Ex in June, 2010： Exports Hit Record High

On July 10, 2010, General Administration of Customs of the People＇s Republic of China （GAC） released the profile of China foreign trade import and export in June and the first six months of this year. China＇s trade surplus fell by 42.5 percent in the first six months this year from a year earlier to US$55.3 billion. In the first half of 2010, exports rose 35.2 percent to US$705.09 billion while imports were up 52.7 percent to US$649.79 billion,     

RMB Appreciation in 2008

At the beginning of 2007, both foreign investment banks and domestic commercial banks all thought that last year's RMB appreciation would grow between 4 to 5 percent; however the realization of a 6.77 percent increase has surprised everyone. The RMB has appreciated much faster than expected, keeping pace with the rise of China's foreign trade surplus and foreign exchange reserves. China's foreign trade surplus totaled US$ 177.5 billion in 2006,and this year's surplus already reached US$ 238 billion during the first 11 months of 2007,far exceeding the total from the previous year.……     

Feel Pressure Under China＇s Anti-monopoly Law？

After 14 years of debate, the legis- lature passed the Anti-monopoly Law （AML） at last on August 30,2007, which was informally referred to as the “economic constitution”. It came into effect only a few months after the equally significant Chinese Contract Law which spelled out specific and comprehen-sive rights tbr employees in China for the first time. Like the Contract Law, the Anti- Monopoly Law was problematic after it was adopted, and has raised issues with major foreign investors. One of them is that the AML was usually interpreted as protectionism in many foreign enterprises＇ view. So what impacts does the Anti-monopoly Law have on the lbreign investment, trade, M＆A （merger and acquisition） and China＇s domestic competition market？ ls it a market-based and competition-friendly law or a protectionist measure？ And what should the foreign enterprises do in response to the new law and regulation？     

ECONOMIC & TRADE NEWS

China's Fixed Assets Investment up 25.5% in 1st 4 Months China's urban fixed assets investment totaled 2.2594 trillion yuan (US$289.67 billion) in the first four months, up 25.5% from the same 2006 period, the National Bureau of Statistics said. The monthly rise was 0.2 percentage points higher than     

Im/Exin October,2010:Trade Surplus Jumps to Second Highest

On November 10,2010,General Administration ofCustoms of the People's Republic of China(GAC)released the profile of China's import and export in October and the first ten months of this year.China's foreign trade in the first ten months totaled US$2.39 trillion,a yearon-year increase of 36.3 percent,according to the GAC.Trade surplus for the first ten months of the year totaled US$144.77billion,down 6.7% compared with the same period last year.     

Wuxi: Good Economic Performance in the First Half of the Year

The open-end economic situation inWuxi, Jiangsu province, is becominggratifying. In the first half of the year,total contract foreign investment was0.825 billion, and foreign investmentactually used was $0.493 billion, up75% and 4. 1 % over the correspondingperiod of last year respectively. Theself-operated import and export volumewas $2.843 billion, 41.7% more thanin the first half of last year. Of it, theexport volume was $1 .618 billion, theimport volume was $1.224 billion, up37.5% and 47.…     

Decline of US Investment in China Should Not Be a Trend

At the routine press conference of the Ministry of Commerce ,(MOFCOM)on May 17, it was released that the investment from the US to China from January to April witnessed decline.During the period, 475 companies were set up, down by 3.85% year on year and the real investment amount was US$1028 million, decreased by 28% year on year. On June 15, the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) officially released the utilization of foreign investment in China from January to May in 2011.According to Yao Jian, the spokesman of MOFCOM, the investment from US to China from Januaryto May continued to be in decline, with the total investment for the past five months in 2011 as USS1285 million, down by 24.12% year on year.In contrast, in the same period, the investment from ten Asian countries (regions) including Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Japan, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and South Korea reached US$41,236 billion, an increase of 29.28% year on year, and the investment from 27 EU countries amounted to US$2,929 billion, an increase of 9.02% from the previous year.     

Data Watch on China's Foreign Trade and Investment in the First Ten Months of 2011

China’s foreign trade in the first ten months of 2011 According to statistics of the Customs, China’s exports and imports in the first ten months of the year reached $2.97538 trillion, up 24.3% over the same period last year, 12 percentage points     

China Contributes 12% to the Growth of Global Goods Trade

According to the latest report from Ministry of Commerce, the contribution rate of China to the growth of global goods trade was expected to be up to 12% in 2004, up 0.3% compared with 2003, becoming main driving force of world trade growth.In the first 11 months of 2004, China's foreign trade topped a trillion US dollars, up 36.5% compared with the same period of 2003. It was estimated     

FDI in China Grows 12% in First Half of 2007

China＇s foreign direct investment （FDI）grew 12% to 31.9billion U.S dollars in the first half of the year the Ministry of Commerce （MOC）said.     

Data Watch on China＇s Foreign Trade and Investment in the First Three Quarters of 2011

China＇s foreign trade in the first three quarters of 2011 According to statistics of the Customs, China＇s exports and imports in the first nine months of the year reached US$2.67744 trillion, up 24.6%...