According to the statistics of news release of foreign investment, from January to November 2003, foreign-invested enterprises newly approved for establishment reached total number of 36616, a growth 19.31% as compared with that of the same period last year; the contracted foreign investment reached USD100.502b, a growth of 37.08% as compared with that of the same period last year; and the actual use of foreign investment reached USD47.154b, a growth of 0.20% as compared with that of the same period last year.
In November, the foreign-invested enterprises newly approved for establishment reached total number of 3920 around the country, a growth 31.59% as compared with that of the same period last year; the contracted foreign investment reached USD11.820b, a growth of 68.60% as compared with that of the same period last year; and the actual use of foreign investment reached USD3.598b, a decrease of 38.97% as compared with that of the same period last year.

From January to November, 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 17.15% as compared with that of the same period last year with contracted foreign investment and actual use of foreign investment increased by 55.87% and 4.59% respectively; From the US, the number of newly established enterprises in China witnessed a growth of 20.50% as compared with that of the same period last year with contracted foreign investment increased by 17.78% and actual use of foreign investment decreased by 24.14% respectively; And from Europe, the number of newly established enterprises in China witnessed a growth of 37.41% as compared with that of thee same period last year with contracted foreign investment and actual use of foreign investment increased by 29.37% and 10.33% respectively. From part of the free ports, the number of newly established enterprises in China witnessed a growth of 13.59% as compared with that of the same period last year with contracted foreign investment decreased by 3.81% and actual use of foreign investment decreased by 5.54% respectively.

From January to November 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 (USD15.753b), Virgin Island (USD5.300b), Japan (USD4.230b), South Korea (USD4.048b), the US (USD3.724b), Taiwan Province (USD3.005b), Singapore (USD1.894b), West Samoa (USD861m), Cayman Islands (USD823m) and Germany (USD805m), total of which accounted for 85.77% of total actual use of foreign investment in the country.

By the end of November 2003, the accumulation of the established foreign-invested enterprises of the country reached the number of 460812 with contracted foreign investment of USD928.562b and actual use of foreign investment of USD495.120b.