According to the statistics of news release of foreign investment, from January to July 2003, foreign-invested enterprises newly approved for establishment reached total number of 22245, a growth 19.30% as compared with that of the same period last year; the contracted foreign investment reached USD59.171b, a growth of 33.96% as compared with that of the same period last year; and the actual use of foreign investment reached USD33.354b, a growth of 26.63% as compared with that of the same period last year.
In June, the foreign-invested enterprises newly approved for establishment reached total number of 3368 around the country, a growth 4.86% as compared with that of the same period last year; the contracted foreign investment reached USD8.214b, a growth of 4.80% as compared with that of the same period last year; and the actual use of foreign investment reached USD3.098b, a decrease of 18.84% as compared with that of the same period last year.

From January to July, 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 growth of 17.12% as compared with that of the same period last year with contracted foreign investment and actual use of foreign investment increased by 52.77% and 35.22% respectively; From the US, the number of newly established enterprises in China witnessed a growth of 27.16% as compared with that of the same period last year with contracted foreign investment increased by 8.89% and actual use of foreign investment decreased by 5.67% respectively; And from Europe, the number of newly established enterprises in China witnessed a growth of 28.13% as compared with that of thee same period last year with contracted foreign investment and actual use of foreign investment increased by 13.32% and 29.52% respectively. From part of the free ports, the number of newly established enterprises in China witnessed a growth of 8.95% as compared with that of the same period last year with contracted foreign investment decreased by 4.01% and actual use of foreign investment increased by 16.56% respectively.

From January to July 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 (USD11.577b), Virgin Island (USD3.671b), Japan (USD3.104b), the US (USD2.660b), South Korea (USD2.528b), Taiwan Province (USD2.243b), Singapore (USD1.346b), West Samoa (USD643m), Cayman Islands (USD597m) and Germany (USD554m), total of which accounted for 86.72% of total actual use of foreign investment in the country.

By the end of July 2003, the accumulation of the established foreign-invested enterprises of the country reached the number of 446441 with contracted foreign investment of USD887.231b and actual use of foreign investment of USD4813.20b