According to the statistics of the Foreign Investment Newsflash, between January - April this year, 12,198 foreign-funded enterprises were newly approved to set up in China, an increase of 34.19 per cent over the same period of last year, with the contractual foreign investment of US$30.528 billion – up by 50.13 per cent, and the actual utilized foreign investment of US$17.823 billion, up by 51.03 per cent. 　　In April, the growth rate of foreign investment attracted in China dropped remarkably. The month witnessed 3,574 foreign-funded enterprises established in the country, an increase of 28.7 per cent over the same period of last year, with the total contractual foreign investment of US$7.546 billion, up by 27.18 per cent, and the actual utilized foreign investment of US$4.737 billion, up by 37.24 per cent. Compared with the growth rates (36.61 per cent, 59.59 per cent and 56.72 per cent) in the first 3 months, the growth rate in April was 7.91 per cent - 32.41 per cent and 19.48 per cent lower than the first three months respectively. In late April, 882 foreign-funded enterprises were approved to set up, a 5 per cent decrease from the same period of last year.