Ministry Of Commerce: China'S Foreign Trade Development Will Face More Severe Situation.

According to the Ministry of commerce website 19 news, the Ministry of Commerce held a regular press conference to announce the business operation of the month.

Shen Danyang, spokesman of the Ministry of Commerce, said that in 2015 1-7, 14409 new foreign-invested enterprises were set up nationwide, an increase of 8.8% compared with the same period last year. The actual use of foreign capital amounted to 471 billion 70 million yuan (76 billion 630 million US dollars), an increase of 7.9% over the same period last year.

(excluding banking, securities and insurance data, same below).

In July, the actual amount of foreign investment was 50 billion 550 million yuan ($8 billion 220 million), an increase of 5.2% over the same period last year.

2495 new enterprises were set up, an increase of 9.6% over the same period last year.

(1) the service sector actually uses foreign capital to maintain growth.

In 1-7 months, the actual use of foreign capital in the service sector was US $47 billion 500 million, an increase of 19.6% over the same period last year, accounting for 62% of the total volume of the country. Among them, the actual use of foreign capital in the financial services, scientific research and comprehensive technology services industry increased significantly, up 381.1%, 93.1%, and 57.1% respectively over the same period last year.

The actual use of foreign capital in agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery was 890 million US dollars, down 8.4% compared to the same period last year, accounting for 1.2% of the total national total.

The actual use of foreign capital in manufacturing industry was 23 billion 840 million US dollars, down 5.4% compared to the same period last year, accounting for 31.1% of the total volume of the country. Among them, the high-tech manufacturing industry of communication equipment manufacturing, industrial automatic control system manufacturing, computer manufacturing and pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing grew rapidly, and the actual use of foreign capital increased by 366.4%, 405.4%, 149.9%, and 62.1% respectively over the same period last year.

(two) overall investment in China by major countries / regions remains stable.

In 1-7 months, the top ten countries / regions (Hongkong, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, the United States, Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Macao) invested 72 billion 180 million dollars in total, accounting for 94.2% of the actual foreign investment in the country, representing an increase of 8.1% over the same period.

Among them, Hongkong and Macao's investment in the mainland and France's investment in China were 56 billion 520 million US dollars, 650 million US dollars and 810 million US dollars respectively, which increased by 14.5%, 73.4% and 78.6% compared with the same period last year. During the same period, the 28 EU investment in China was 4 billion 530 million dollars, an increase of 18.4% over the same period.

1 billion 280 million US dollars, down 29.2% compared to the same period last year.

ASEAN's investment in China amounted to 4 billion 90 million US dollars, down 2.1% compared to the same period last year.

In the month of July, ASEAN invested 112 new businesses in China, an increase of 4.7% over the same period, and the actual amount of investment in foreign capital was $750 million, down 0.5% from the same period last year.

The 28 EU countries invested 169 new businesses in China, an increase of 11.9% over the previous year, and the actual amount of investment in foreign capital amounted to US $450 million, an increase of 87.4% over the same period last year.

(three) the actual use of foreign capital in the eastern region has maintained a relatively rapid growth.

In the 1-7 month of 2015, the amount of foreign capital actually utilized in the eastern region was US $65 billion 440 million, an increase of 10.8% over the same period last year. The actual use of foreign capital in the central region was 6 billion 660 million US dollars, down 7% compared with the same period last year. The actual use of foreign capital in the western region was 4 billion 540 million US dollars, down 7.8% over the same period last year.

(four) foreign capital merger and acquisition

The sum of money and the proportion increased substantially.

In 1-7 months, 764 foreign-invested enterprises were established by means of mergers and acquisitions, 15 billion 430 million dollars in contracted foreign capital, and 13 billion 960 million US dollars in actual foreign capital utilization, representing an increase of 18.1%, 161.6% and 322.7% respectively.

The share of mergers and acquisitions in the actual use of foreign capital increased from 4.6% in the same period last year to 18.2%.