According to the statistics of news release of foreign investment, from January to March 2008, foreign-invested enterprises newly approved for establishment reached total number of 6949, a decreased 25.26% as compared with that of the same period last year; and the actual use of foreign investment reached USD27.414b, a growth 61.26% as compared with that of the same period last year.

According to the statistics of news release of foreign investment, in March 2008, foreign-invested enterprises newly approved for establishment reached total number of 2577, a decreased 28.04% as compared with that of the same period last year; and the actual use of foreign investment reached USD9.286b, a growth 39.60% as compared with that of the same period last year.

From January to March from the US, the number of newly established enterprises in China witnessed a decreased of 31.95% and actual use of foreign investment growth by 37.51% respectively; And from Europe, the number of newly established enterprises in China witnessed a decreased of 24.74% and actual use of foreign investment growth by 51.15% respectively.

From January to March 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 (USD11.981b), Virgin Island (USD5.04b), Singapore (USD1.237b), Japan (USD1.071b), South Korea (USD1.057b), the US(USD1.006b), Cayman Islands (USD952m), West Samoa (USD768m), Taiwan Province(USD510m) and Mauritius (USD472m), total of which accounted for 87.89% of total actual use of foreign investment in the country.