According to the statistics of news release of foreign investment, from January to September 2007, foreign-invested enterprises newly approved for establishment reached total number of 28206, a decreased 6.05% as compared with that of the same period last year; and the actual use of foreign investment reached USD47.219b, a growth 10.87% as compared with that of the same period last year.

According to the statistics of news release of foreign investment, in September 2007, foreign-invested enterprises newly approved for establishment reached total number of 3358, a decreased 11.49% as compared with that of the same period last year; and the actual use of foreign investment reached USD5.27b, a decreased 2.36% as compared with that of the same period last year.

From January to September from the US, the number of newly established enterprises in China witnessed a decreased of 16.41% and actual use of foreign investment decreased by 2.88% respectively; And from Europe, the number of newly established enterprises in China witnessed a decreased of 7.69% and actual use of foreign investment decreased by 30.93% respectively.

From January to September 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 (USD15.915b), Virgin Island (USD11.197b), South Korea (USD2.703b),Japan (USD2.493b),  Singapore (USD1.939b),the US(USD1.797b), Cayman Islands (USD1.651b), West Samoa (USD1.31b), Taiwan Province(USD1.144b) and Mauritius (USD806m), total of which accounted for 86.73% of total actual use of foreign investment in the country.