According to the statistics of news release of foreign investment, in January 2010, foreign-invested enterprises newly approved for establishment reached total number of 1866, a increase 24.73% as compared with that of the same period last year; and the actual use of foreign investment reached USD8.129b, a increase 7.79% as compared with that of the same period last year.

In January 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 (USD4.628b), Taiwan Province(USD589m),  Singapore(USD484m), U.S.A. (USD468m),  Japan(USD404m), R.O.K.(USD207m), Holland(USD121m), U.K.(USD106m), Saudi Arabia(USD85m) and Germany(USD76m) , total of which accounted for 88.18% of total actual use of foreign investment in the country.