Foreign direct investment into China increased 6.2 percent year-on-year to a record high of CNY 999.98 billion or USD 144.37 billion in 2020. Foreign investment in the services industry was up 13.9 percent at CNY 776.8 billion during that period, while that in the high-tech service sector surged 28.5 percent. Investment from the Netherlands jumped 47.6 percent from a year earlier, while that from Britain rose 30.7 percent. Considering December only, FDI rose 8.4 percent to USD 14.90 billion, the ninth consecutive month of growth. The Chinese Commerce Ministry said that the country managed to emerge from COVID-19 and meet its target of stabilizing foreign investment in 2020, bucking the downward trend in global foreign investment. source: Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China
Foreign Direct Investment in China averaged 470.53 USD HML from 1997 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 1443.70 USD HML in December of 2020 and a record low of 18.32 USD HML in January of 2000. 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 - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on February of 2021.
Foreign Direct Investment in China is expected to be 1300.00 USD HML by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Foreign Direct Investment in China to stand at 1500.00 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the China Foreign Direct Investment is projected to trend around 1500.00 USD HML in 2022, according to our econometric models.