Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into the Chinese mainland, in actual use, rose 19.6 per cent year on year in the first nine months of the year, the Ministry of Commerce said Wednesday.
During the January-September period, non-financial FDI into the country totalled 859.5 billion yuan, in U.S. dollar terms, FDI into the Chinese mainland totalled 129.3 billion U.S. dollars, up 25.2 per cent year on year.
FDI into the service sector increased 22.5 percent in yuan terms, while high-tech industries saw FDI inflow jumping 29.1 percent year on year, data from the ministry showed.
Foreign investments from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and countries along the Belt and Road into the Chinese mainland jumped 31.4 per cent and 31.9 per cent, respectively.
