According to the statistics of news release of foreign investment, from January to August 2007, foreign-invested enterprises newly approved for establishment reached total number of 24848, a decreased 5.26% as compared with that of the same period last year; and the actual use of foreign investment reached USD41.949b, a growth 12.79% as compared with that of the same period last year.

According to the statistics of news release of foreign investment, in August 2007, foreign-invested enterprises newly approved for establishment reached total number of 3150, a decreased 8.83% as compared with that of the same period last year; and the actual use of foreign investment reached USD5.018b, a growth 11.87% as compared with that of the same period last year.

From January to August from the US, the number of newly established enterprises in China witnessed a decreased of 15.12% and actual use of foreign investment growth by 0.77% respectively; And from Europe, the number of newly established enterprises in China witnessed a decreased of 7.65% and actual use of foreign investment decreased by 33.3% respectively.

From January to August 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 (USD14.094b), Virgin Island (USD9.911b), South Korea (USD2.456b),Japan (USD2.246b),  Singapore (USD1.639b),the US(USD1.628b), Cayman Islands (USD1.505b), West Samoa (USD1.123b), Taiwan Province(USD952m) and Mauritius (USD753m), total of which accounted for 86.55% of total actual use of foreign investment in the country.