According to the statistics of news release of foreign investment, from January to  December 2008, foreign-invested enterprises newly approved for establishment reached total number of 27514, a decreased 27.35% as compared with that of the same period last year; and the actual use of foreign investment reached USD92.395b, a growth 23.58% as compared with that of the same period last year.

According to the statistics of news release of foreign investment, in  December 2008, foreign-invested enterprises newly approved for establishment reached total number of 2562, a decreased 25.78% as compared with that of the same period last year; and the actual use of foreign investment reached USD5.978b, a decreased 5.73% as compared with that of the same period last year.

From January to  December from the US, the number of newly established enterprises in China witnessed a decreased of 32.55% and actual use of foreign investment growth by 12.54% respectively; And from Europe, the number of newly established enterprises in China witnessed a decreased of 22.65% and actual use of foreign investment growth by 30.12% respectively.

From January to  December 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 (USD41.036b), Virgin Island (USD15.954b), Singapore (USD4.435b), Japan (USD3.652b), Cayman Islands (USD3.145b),  South Korea(USD23.135b),the US (USD2.944b), West Samoa(USD2.55b), Taiwan Province(USD1.899b) and Mauritius (USD1.494b), total of which accounted for 86.85% of total actual use of foreign investment in the country.