According to the statistics of news release of foreign investment, from January to September 2005, foreign-invested enterprises newly approved for establishment reached total number of 32223, a growth  0.03% as compared with that of the same period last year; the contracted foreign investment reached USD130.325b, a growth of 21.81% as compared with that of the same period last year; and the actual use of foreign investment reached USD43.247b, a decreased 2.11% as compared with that of the same period last year.

In September, the foreign-invested enterprises newly approved for establishment reached total number of 3830 around the country, a growth of 8.68% as compared with that of the same period last year; the contracted foreign investment reached USD17.619b, a growth of 29.51% as compared with that of the same period last year; and the actual use of foreign investment reached USD5.254b, a growth of 5.04% as compared with that of the same period last year.

From January to September, 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 increased of 0.83% as compared with that of the same period last year with contracted foreign investment increased by 27.58% and actual use of foreign investment decreased by 8.46% respectively; From the US, the number of newly established enterprises in China witnessed a decreased of 6.06% as compared with that of the same period last year with contracted foreign investment increased by 8.60% and actual use of foreign investment decreased by 27.10% respectively; And from Europe, the number of newly established enterprises in China witnessed a growth of 21.47% as compared with that of the same period last year with contracted foreign investment increased by 48.34% and actual use of foreign investment growth by 32.52% respectively. From part of the free ports, the number of newly established enterprises in China witnessed a decreased of 9.19% as compared with that of the same period last year with contracted foreign investment increased by 4.45% and actual use of foreign investment increased by 26.61% respectively.

From January to September 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 (USD12.421b), Virgin Island (USD7.037b), Japan (USD4.637b), South Korea(USD3.615b), the US (USD2.149b), Singapore (USD1.623b), Taiwan Province (USD1.577b), Cayman Islands (USD1.453b), Germany (USD1.264b) and West Samoa(USD1.092b), total of which accounted for 85.98% of total actual use of foreign investment in the country.

By the end of September 2005, the accumulation of the established foreign-invested enterprises of the country reached the number of 541164 with  he contractual foreign investment of USD1226.934 billion and actual use of foreign investment of USD605.348 billion.