According to the statistics of news release of foreign investment, in January 2007, foreign-invested enterprises newly approved for establishment reached total number of 3370, a growth 10.71% as compared with that of the same period last year; and the actual use of foreign investment reached USD5.175b, a growth 13.86% as compared with that of the same period last year.

In January, 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 increased of 17.23% and actual use of foreign investment increased by 21.61% respectively; From the US, the number of newly established enterprises in China witnessed a decreased of 5.62% and actual use of foreign investment increased by 32.42% respectively; And from Europe, the number of newly established enterprises in China witnessed a decreased of 0.00% and actual use of foreign investment decreased by 68.85% respectively.

In January 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 (USD1.677b), Virgin Island (USD1.019b), South Korea (USD396m), Japan (USD332m), Singapore (USD246m), USA (USD236m), Mauritius (USD191m), Taiwan Province (USD136m), Cayman Islands (USD134m) and West Samoa(USD117m), total of which accounted for 86.62% of total actual use of foreign investment in the country.