According to the statistics of news release of foreign investment, from January to May 2005, foreign-invested enterprises newly approved for establishment reached total number of 16437, a decreased 4.75% as compared with that of the same period last year; the contracted foreign investment reached USD64.971b, a growth of 14.88% as compared with that of the same period last year; and the actual use of foreign investment reached USD22.366b, a decreased 0.79% as compared with that of the same period last year.

In May, the foreign-invested enterprises newly approved for establishment reached total number of 3345 around the country, a growth of 11.13% as compared with that of the same period last year; the contracted foreign investment reached USD14.819b, a growth of 46.28% as compared with that of the same period last year; and the actual use of foreign investment reached USD4.894b, a decreased of 10.29% as compared with that of the same period last year.

From January to May, from the ten Asian nations/regions (Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, South Korea), the number of newly established enterprises in China witnessed a decreased of 2.33% as compared with that of the same period last year with contracted foreign investment increased by 18.86% and actual use of foreign investment decreased by 5.16% respectively; From the US, the number of newly established enterprises in China witnessed a decreased of 10.58% as compared with that of the same period last year with contracted foreign investment increased by 17.70% and actual use of foreign investment decreased by 24.52% respectively; And from Europe, the number of newly established enterprises in China witnessed a growth of 16.98% as compared with that of the same period last year with contracted foreign investment increased by 74.33% and actual use of foreign investment growth by 25.25% respectively. From part of the free ports, the number of newly established enterprises in China witnessed a decreased of 17.98% as compared with that of the same period last year with contracted foreign investment decreased by 5.64% and actual use of foreign investment increased by 19.31% respectively.

From January to May this year, the top ten nations and regions with investment in China (as per the actual input of foreign capital) are as follows: Hong Kong (USD6.086b), Virgin Island (USD3.392b), Japan (USD2.639b), South Korea(USD2.229b), the US (USD1.142b), Taiwan Province (USD980m), Cayman Islands (USD950m), Singapore (USD656m), Germany (USD598m) and West Samoa (USD588m), total of which accounted for 86.11% of total actual use of foreign investment in the country.

By the end of December 2004, the accumulation of the established foreign-invested enterprises of the country reached the number of 280000 with  actual use of foreign investment of USD213.288b.