According to the statistics of news release of foreign investment, from January to December 2006, foreign-invested enterprises newly approved for establishment reached total number of 41485, a decreased 5.76% as compared with that of the same period last year; and the actual use of foreign investment reached USD69.468b, a decreased 4.06% as compared with that of the same period last year.

In December, the foreign-invested enterprises newly approved for establishment reached total number of 4454 around the country, a growth of 3.05% as compared with that of the same period last year;  and the actual use of foreign investment reached USD8.758b, a growth of 21.67% as compared with that of the same period last year.

From January to December 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 6.54% and actual use of foreign investment decreased by 2.37% respectively; From the US, the number of newly established enterprises in China witnessed a decreased of 14.33% and actual use of foreign investment decreased by 6.41% respectively; And from Europe, the number of newly established enterprises in China witnessed a decreased of 7.98% and actual use of foreign investment growth by 2.51% respectively.

From January to December 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 (USD20.233b), Virgin Island (USD11.248b), Japan (USD4.598b), South Korea (USD3.895b), the US (USD2.865b), Singapore (USD2.26b), Taiwan Province (USD2.136b), Cayman Islands (USD2.095b),  Germany (USD1.979b) and West Samoa (USD1.538b), total of which accounted for 83.86% of total actual use of foreign investment in the country.