According to the statistics of news release of foreign investment, from January to June 2005, foreign-invested enterprises newly approved for establishment reached total number of 21212, a decreased 1.79% as compared with that of the same period last year; the contracted foreign investment reached USD86.191b, a growth of 18.99% as compared with that of the same period last year; and the actual use of foreign investment reached USD28.563b, a decreased 3.18% as compared with that of the same period last year.

In June, the foreign-invested enterprises newly approved for establishment reached total number of 4775 around the country, a growth of 10% as compared with that of the same period last year; the contracted foreign investment reached USD21.219b, a growth of 33.61% as compared with that of the same period last year; and the actual use of foreign investment reached USD6.1974b, a decreased of 10.92% as compared with that of the same period last year.

From January to June, 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 0.03% as compared with that of the same period last year with contracted foreign investment increased by 20.57% and actual use of foreign investment decreased by 7.72% respectively; From the US, the number of newly established enterprises in China witnessed a decreased of 10% as compared with that of the same period last year with contracted foreign investment increased by 11.56% and actual use of foreign investment decreased by 28.85% respectively; And from Europe, the number of newly established enterprises in China witnessed a growth of 19.53% as compared with that of the same period last year with contracted foreign investment increased by 85.79% and actual use of foreign investment growth by 18.30% respectively. From part of the free ports, the number of newly established enterprises in China witnessed a decreased of 12.18% as compared with that of the same period last year with contracted foreign investment increased by 0.40% and actual use of foreign investment increased by 21.32% respectively.

From January to June 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 (USD8.048b), Virgin Island (USD4.366b), Japan (USD3.269b), South Korea(USD2.776b), the US (USD1.460b), Taiwan Province (USD1.178b), Cayman Islands (USD1.121b), Singapore (USD888m), West Samoa (USD762m) and Germany(USD699m), total of which accounted for 86.01% 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.