According to the statistics of news release of foreign investment, from January to May 2006, foreign-invested enterprises newly approved for establishment reached total number of 15659, a decreased 4.73% as compared with that of the same period last year;  and the actual use of foreign investment reached USD22.989b, a growth 2.78% as compared with that of the same period last year.

In May, the foreign-invested enterprises newly approved for establishment reached total number of 3020 around the country, a decreased of 9.72% as compared with that of the same period last year;  and the actual use of foreign investment reached USD4.509b, a decreased of 7.86% as compared with that of the same period last year.

From January to May 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 8.62% and actual use of foreign investment decreased by 4.85% respectively; From the US, the number of newly established enterprises in China witnessed a decreased of 10.15%  and actual use of foreign investment decreased by 14.74% respectively; And from Europe, the number of newly established enterprises in China witnessed a increased of 0.38% and actual use of foreign investment growth by 30.37% respectively. From part of the free ports, the number of newly established enterprises in China witnessed a increased of 18.58% and actual use of foreign investment growth by 8.85% respectively.

From January to May 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 (USD6.873b), Virgin Island (USD4.025b), Japan (USD1.894b), South Korea (USD1.508b), Germany (USD1.094b), the US (USD973m), Taiwan Province (USD844m), Singapore (USD776m), Cayman Islands (USD749m) and West Samoa (USD593m), total of which accounted for 84.08% of total actual use of foreign investment in the country.