During the first half of this year, the development zone branch of Qingdao Industrial and Commercial Administration Bureau has handled the registration of 38 new foreign-invested enterprises with a total foreign investment of 512.36 million U.S. dollars and a total registered capital of 346.31 million U.S. dollars. Until the end of June, Qingdao Development Zone has totally dealt with the registration of 654 foreign-invested enterprises with a total investment of 8.2 billion U.S. dollars and a total registered capital of 4.5 billion U.S. dollars. The number of foreign-invested enterprises with a registered capital of more than 10 million U.S. dollars has reached 97.

According to reports, newly registered foreign-invested enterprises is steadily increasing compared with the same period last year, the registered capital has experienced sustainable growth, and the quality of newly registered foreign-invested enterprises has continuously improved. During the first half of this year, the number of newly registered companies rose 1.1% compared with the same period last year, and individual project investment has reached 13.48 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 2% compared with the same period last year. This shows the number of large foreign investment project becomes larger and larger, and the quality of foreign investment becomes better and better. During the first half of this year, there are totally 10 countries and regions investing in this area. Until June, the total number of countries and regions investing here has reached 56. The diversification of foreign investment sources suggests the gradually expanding influence of Qingdao Development Zone in Asia and the whole world, and the superiority of investment environment has been gradually reflected. (Correspondent Li Laizhong, Sun Yehe, Wang Ning)