Foreign direct investment into China increased 3.3 percent year-on-year to USD 101 billion (CNY 701 billion) in January to October of 2018. In October alone, FDI into China rose 7.2 percent from a year earlier to CNY 64.46 billion. Foreign Direct Investment in China averaged 439.62 USD HML from 1997 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 1310.35 USD HML in December of 2017 and a record low of 18.32 USD HML in January of 2000.

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Calendar GMT Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2018-09-13 07:30 AM FDI (YTD) YoY 2.3% 2.3%
2018-10-18 07:00 AM FDI (YTD) YoY 2.9% 2.3%
2018-11-15 07:05 AM FDI (YTD) YoY 3.3% 2.9%
2018-12-13 07:00 AM FDI (YTD) YoY 3.3%


China Trade Last Previous Highest Lowest Unit
Balance of Trade 340.16 317.02 612.86 -320.02 USD HML [+]
Exports 2172.83 2266.87 2315.23 12.50 USD HML [+]
Imports 1832.67 1949.84 1949.84 13.88 USD HML [+]
Current Account 160.00 53.29 1330.85 -341.00 USD HML [+]
Current Account to GDP 1.30 1.80 10.10 -3.70 percent [+]
External Debt 17106.00 14206.57 17799.32 158.28 USD HML [+]
Terms of Trade 98.39 94.48 118.33 81.75 Index Points [+]
Foreign Direct Investment 1076.60 917.70 1310.35 18.32 USD HML [+]
Capital Flows -160.00 60.00 725.40 -1305.58 USD HML [+]
Tourist Arrivals 2917.00 2815.12 2917.00 22.96 Tens of Thousands [+]
Gold Reserves 1842.60 1842.60 1842.60 395.01 Tonnes [+]
Crude Oil Production 3732.00 3857.00 4408.00 1012.00 BBL/D/1K [+]
Terrorism Index 5.54 6.11 6.29 1.47 [+]
Weapons Sales 1131.00 2192.00 2606.00 3.00 USD Million [+]

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China Foreign Direct Investment

In China, foreign direct investment refer to the accumulated foreign investment in domestic companies or entities in non financial sector in a given year. This page provides the latest reported value for - China Foreign Direct Investment - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. China Foreign Direct Investment - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on November of 2018.

Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
1076.60 917.70 1310.35 18.32 1997 - 2018 USD HML Monthly
NSA; YTD




Country Last
Argentina 207.65 Sep/18
Australia 60499.00 Dec/17
Brazil 7829.20 Sep/18
Canada 11674.00 Jun/18
China 1076.60 Oct/18
France 1395.00 Sep/18
Germany 15054.43 Sep/18
India 1898.00 Aug/18
Indonesia 89.10 Sep/18
Italy 1848.00 Aug/18
Japan 12535.00 Sep/18
Mexico 6726.90 Jun/18
Netherlands -24697.00 Jun/18
Russia 2583.00 Jun/18
Saudi Arabia 882.00 Jun/18
Singapore 25531.70 Jun/18
South Africa 1863.00 Jun/18
South Korea 3448981.00 Sep/18
Spain 388.00 Aug/18
Switzerland 965478.00 Dec/16
Turkey 10900.00 Dec/17
United Kingdom 22199.00 Jun/18
United States 47253.00 Jun/18


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