According to the statistics of news release of foreign investment, from January to February 2007, foreign-invested enterprises newly approved for establishment reached total number of 5716, a growth 11.29% as compared with that of the same period last year; and the actual use of foreign investment reached USD9.709b, a growth 13.04% as compared with that of the same period last year.

From January to February 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 17.16% and actual use of foreign investment growth by 12.05% respectively; From the US, the number of newly established enterprises in China witnessed a growth of 3.85% and actual use of foreign investment growth by 15.77% respectively; And from Europe, the number of newly established enterprises in China witnessed a decreased of 3.51% and actual use of foreign investment decreased by 61.71% respectively.

From January to February 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 (USD2.953b), Virgin Island (USD2.217b), Japan (USD701m), South Korea (USD612m), Singapore (USD511m),the US(USD448m),  Mauritius (USD269m), Cayman Islands (USD263m),  West Samoa (USD228m) and Taiwan Province(USD213m), total of which accounted for 86.66% of total actual use of foreign investment in the country.