According to the statistics of news release of foreign investment, from January to August 2008, foreign-invested enterprises newly approved for establishment reached total number of 18797, a decreased 24.35% as compared with that of the same period last year; and the actual use of foreign investment reached USD67.732b, a growth 41.60% as compared with that of the same period last year.

According to the statistics of news release of foreign investment, in August 2008, foreign-invested enterprises newly approved for establishment reached total number of 1906, a decreased 39.49% as compared with that of the same period last year; and the actual use of foreign investment reached USD7.008b, a growth 20.38% 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 29.95% and actual use of foreign investment growth by 9.26% respectively; And from Europe, the number of newly established enterprises in China witnessed a decreased of 22.69% and actual use of foreign investment growth by 29.09% 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 (USD29.856b), Virgin Island (USD12.511b), Singapore (USD3.162b), Japan (USD2.677b), South Korea (USD2.304b), Cayman Islands (USD2.199b),West Samoa (USD2.052b), the US(USD2.043b), Taiwan Province(USD1.312b) and Mauritius (USD1.115b), total of which accounted for 87.45% of total actual use of foreign investment in the country.