How many billions were invested in my country’s market in 2015?

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China News Service, September 22 The new office held a press conference on the 22nd. Zhang Xiangchen, deputy representative of the Ministry of Commerce for International Trade Negotiations, introduced that in 2015, China’s foreign direct investment reached a new level, achieving rapid growth for 13 consecutive years, reaching a record high of US$145.67 billion, accounting for The share of global traffic was 9.9%, a year-on-year increase of 18.3%. The amount was second only to the United States (USD 299.96 billion), ranking second in the world for the first time. Investment flows exceeded the scale of foreign investment attracted during the same period, achieving a net export of capital.

Zhang Xiangchen introduced that China’s foreign direct investment in 2015 mainly had the following characteristics:

First, investment flow ranked second in the world, exceeding the scale of foreign investment attracted in the same period and achieving a net export of capital. In 2015, China's foreign direct investment reached a new level, achieving rapid growth for 13 consecutive years, reaching a record high of US$145.67 billion, accounting for 9.9% of the global flow share, a year-on-year increase of 18.3%, and the amount was second only to the United States (2999.6 billion), ranking second in the world for the first time (the third place is Japan with 128.65 billion US dollars), and surpassing China’s actual use of foreign investment (135.6 billion US dollars) in the same period. China’s actual use of foreign investment that year was 135.6 billion US dollars, achieving a net net capital account output. From 2002 to 2015, the average annual growth rate of China's foreign direct investment was as high as 35.9%. During the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period, China's foreign direct investment was US$539.08 billion, which was 2.4 times that of the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan".

Second, the stock ranks eighth in the world, with total overseas corporate assets exceeding US$4 trillion. As of the end of 2015, China's 20,200 domestic investors had established 30,800 foreign direct investment enterprises abroad, distributed in 188 countries (regions) around the world; China's foreign direct investment stock was US$1,097.86 billion, accounting for 10% of global foreign direct investment. The share of outflow stock increased from 0.4% in 2002 to 4.4%, and the ranking rose from 25th to 8th. At the end of 2015, the total assets of Chinese overseas enterprises reached US$4.37 trillion.

Third, overseas direct investment and mergers and acquisitions are active, and the fields are constantly expanding. In 2015, Chinese enterprises carried out 579 overseas investments and mergers, involving 62 countries and regions, with an actual transaction amount of US$54.44 billion, of which direct investment was US$37.28 billion, accounting for 68.5%; overseas financing was US$17.16 billion, accounting for 31.5%. The M&A field involves 18 major industry categories including manufacturing, information transmission/software and information technology services, mining, culture/sports and entertainment. China National Chemical Rubber Co., Ltd. acquired Italian Pirelli Group Company (nearly 60% of the shares) for US$5.29 billion, which was the largest overseas M&A project implemented by a Chinese enterprise in 2015.

Fourth, the “Belt and Road” strategy has been solidly advanced, and investment in relevant countries has grown rapidly. In 2015, China’s investment in countries related to the “Belt and Road” accounted for 13% of the total flow that year, reaching US$18.93 billion, a year-on-year increase of 38.6%, which was twice the global investment growth rate. At the end of 2015, more than 80% (83.9%) of China's foreign direct investment stock was distributed in developing economies, accounting for 14% of the stock in developed economies, and another 2.1% of the stock in transition economies.

Fifth, investment covers a wide range of areas, and the pace of international cooperation in production capacity and equipment manufacturing is accelerating. As of the end of 2015, China's foreign direct investment covered all industry categories of the national economy, with manufacturing, finance, information transmission/software and information services growing by 108.5%, 52.3% and 115.2% respectively year-on-year. Investment in the equipment manufacturing industry was US$10.05 billion, a year-on-year increase of 158.4%, accounting for 50.3% of manufacturing investment, driving the "going out" of equipment, technology, standards and services.

Sixth, the contribution of overseas enterprises to tax revenue and employment in host countries has increased, and the win-win effect of foreign investment has been significant. In 2015, Chinese overseas enterprises paid US$31.19 billion in various taxes to the countries (regions) where they invested, an increase of 62.9% from the previous year, and employed 1.225 million foreign employees, an increase of 392,000 from the end of the previous year.

In addition, it can be seen from the "Statistical Bulletin" that in 2015, the countries and regions where Chinese enterprises invested overseas were relatively concentrated, flowing to Hong Kong, the Netherlands, the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands, and the Bermuda Islands The investment totaled US$116.44 billion, accounting for 79.7% of the total flow that year.

Zhang Xiangchen said that judging from the corporate structure and regional distribution of foreign investment, in 2015, nearly 80% of non-financial foreign investment came from local enterprises. Local enterprises have become the main force in China's foreign investment. Non-financial foreign direct investment flows reached US$93.6 billion, a year-on-year increase of 71%, accounting for 77% of the country's non-financial foreign direct investment flows. The eastern, central, and western regions achieved relatively high growth rates of 78.2%, 84.7%, and 14.2% respectively; Shanghai, Beijing, and Guangdong all had traffic volumes exceeding 10 billion U.S. dollars in 2015, ranking among the top three in local investment.

Zhang Xiangchen pointed out that in 2015, judging from the way Chinese enterprises invested overseas, new equity investment exceeded 60% for the first time, and the proportion of debt instruments hit a record low. Among the foreign direct investment flows in 2015, new equity investment was US$96.71 billion, accounting for 66.4%; earnings were reinvested US$37.91 billion, accounting for 26%; debt instrument investment was US$11.05 billion, a decrease of 10% from the previous year, only is 7.6%.

(Editor: Xu Yao)

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