High-tech sectors to attract more FDI
2 months, 1 week ago

High-tech sectors to attract more FDI

China Daily  

Employees work on a production line of a foreign-funded lithium battery plant in Nantong, Jiangsu province. GU HUAXIA/FOR CHINA DAILY Fueled by advancements in high-tech manufacturing, green energy and consumer goods industries, foreign direct investment into China will continue to recover this year, market watchers and business executives said. Despite challenges like disruptions in global supply chains, escalating geopolitical tensions and a slow economic recovery in several regions, multinational corporations have shifted their investment focus from building factories to fostering innovation, developing supply chains and advancing green industries in China, they said. "We are also planning to launch our new inspiration center for adhesive technologies in Shanghai this year, boosting our innovation capabilities for industrial businesses across China and the broader Asia-Pacific region," said Anna An, president of Henkel Greater China. Also upbeat about the Chinese market, Treasury Wine Estates, Australia's largest winemaker by sales revenue and the parent company of Australian wine brand Penfolds, announced last month that it had entered into an agreement to acquire a 75 percent equity stake in Ningxia Stone & Moon Winery Co Ltd in Ningxia Hui autonomous region for 130 million yuan.

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China further opens its door to attract FDI
4 days, 5 hours ago

China further opens its door to attract FDI

China Daily  

MA XUEJING/CHINA DAILY Foreign direct investment is essential for achieving sustainable economic growth and navigating the geopolitical complexities. Accordingly, China recently unveiled a strategic action plan for stabilizing foreign investment in 2025 to align its high-level opening-up with international economic and trade rules after having removed many restrictions on foreign investment in the manufacturing sector last year. China is also …

Chinese investment in ASEAN expands to benefit both sides
5 days, 5 hours ago

Chinese investment in ASEAN expands to benefit both sides

China Daily  

A staff member displays a model of an electric multiple unit train at the signing ceremony of a joint venture agreement between China Communications Construction Company and Malaysia Rail Link in Putrajaya, Malaysia, on Dec 18. CHONG VOON CHUNG/XINHUA These companies have also benefited from the ASEAN-China Free Trade Area, which gives goods produced by Chinese companies in their ASEAN …

How India can seize the foreign investment opportunity
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1 week, 3 days ago

How India can seize the foreign investment opportunity

Hindustan Times  

India finds itself in an intensifying global competition for foreign investment to create good jobs, upskill workers, infuse technology, and ultimately fuel its economic growth. Last December, India’s commerce ministry reported that total foreign direct investment flows climbed to $1 trillion since April 2000. In weighing investments in India versus Southeast Asian countries, Mexico, Poland, or, yes, China, businesses are …

China's FDI inflow hits 171.21b yuan in first two months
1 week, 6 days ago

China's FDI inflow hits 171.21b yuan in first two months

China Daily  

A clerk counts yuan bank notes and US dollar bills at a branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China in Huaibei, East China's Anhui province. BEIJING -- Foreign direct investment in the Chinese mainland in actual use reached 171.21 billion yuan in the first two months of 2025, the Ministry of Commerce said Friday. In the first two …

China's opening-up efforts yield fruitful results
3 weeks, 6 days ago

China's opening-up efforts yield fruitful results

China Daily  

english.gov.cn | Updated: Mar 3, 2025 In 2024, China expanded its high-level opening-up and achieved fruitful results. It rolled out the 2024 national negative list for foreign investment, lifting restrictions in the manufacturing industry, and expanded the opening-up of the healthcare sector and value-added telecom services. China also promoted the steady growth of foreign trade and the institutional opening-up of …

Chinese Investment Slump Prompts New Effort to Woo Foreign Firms
1 month, 1 week ago

Chinese Investment Slump Prompts New Effort to Woo Foreign Firms

Live Mint  

-- China is renewing its efforts to attract foreign businesses, pledging more engagement and unveiling an action plan to ease restrictions after inbound investment tumbled last year to its lowest in over three decades. The plan released by the Commerce Ministry on Wednesday is looking to stabilize foreign investment by vowing to remove all market access restrictions in the manufacturing …

FDI in China sank in January. Can Beijing turn things around?
1 month, 1 week ago

FDI in China sank in January. Can Beijing turn things around?

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — Inbound investment in China plummeted to a four-year low in January, as the world’s second-largest economy grapples with a flurry of headwinds. The Ministry of Commerce reported on Wednesday that 97.6 billion yuan in foreign direct investment was utilized last month, a 13% drop from the same period last year. “The decline has narrowed compared to …

China’s cabinet pledges to boost spending, attract foreign investment
1 month, 2 weeks ago

China’s cabinet pledges to boost spending, attract foreign investment

Live Mint  

China’s cabinet pledged to boost domestic consumption this year while vowing to stabilize foreign capital crucial for job creation. In a weekly meeting chaired by Premier Li Qiang, China’s cabinet reaffirmed its commitment to attracting more foreign investment, a key element in creating jobs, stabilizing exports and upgrading industries. In a weekly meeting chaired by Premier Li Qiang, the State …

Is India getting FDI right? Economic Survey records 18% growth in first 8 months of 2024-25
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Is India getting FDI right? Economic Survey records 18% growth in first 8 months of 2024-25

Firstpost  

Over the long term, FDI inflows into India have exceeded $1 trillion from April 2000 to September 2024, reinforcing the country’s status as a significant global investment hub, according to the Economic Survey 2024-25 India recorded a revival in foreign direct investment for the fiscal year 2025, with gross inflows rising from $47.2 billion in the first eight months of …

Inviting policies whet investment appetites
2 months, 1 week ago

Inviting policies whet investment appetites

China Daily  

An aerial drone photo taken on Sept 26, 2023 shows the Tesla Gigafactory in Lingang new area of the China Pilot Free Trade Zone in East China's Shanghai. China's continuously optimized business environment is boosting its attractiveness among foreign enterprises operating in the country, and they are indicating a higher willingness to increase investments in China, trade promotion officials said …

Tech opening-up key to Chinese modernization
3 months ago

Tech opening-up key to Chinese modernization

China Daily  

LI MIN/CHINA DAILY Emphasizing that opening-up is a defining feature of Chinese modernization, President Xi Jinping has said that Chinese modernization must be supported by scientific and technological modernization. International cooperation in technology enhances China's innovation capabilities, and by expanding technological opening-up and collaboration, it can attract top global talents and institutions, thus facilitating the formation of cross-border research teams …

Tech opening-up key to Chinese modernization
3 months ago

Tech opening-up key to Chinese modernization

China Daily  

LI MIN/CHINA DAILY Emphasizing that opening-up is a defining feature of Chinese modernization, President Xi Jinping has said that Chinese modernization must be supported by scientific and technological modernization. International cooperation in technology enhances China's innovation capabilities, and by expanding technological opening-up and collaboration, it can attract top global talents and institutions, thus facilitating the formation of cross-border research teams …

Favorable cash-pooling policy good for FDI
3 months, 1 week ago

Favorable cash-pooling policy good for FDI

China Daily  

The People's Bank of China and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange are to optimize the pilot cash pooling program, integrating domestic and foreign currency management for multinational corporations in 10 provinces, municipalities and cities including Shanghai, Jiangsu province and Zhejiang province. As early as March 2021, the PBOC and SAFE initiated the first batch of pilot cash pooling programs, …

Opening-up to spur foreign trade growth
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Opening-up to spur foreign trade growth

China Daily  

China will continue to advance institutionalized opening-up, broaden market access for global businesses and advocate free trade agreements, fueling its economic growth and bolstering multilateralism in 2025, market observers and business executives said on Sunday. Noting that China gave the green light earlier this year for the establishment of wholly foreign-owned hospitals in selected cities, including Beijing and Shanghai, Liu …

Opening-up to spur foreign trade growth
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Opening-up to spur foreign trade growth

China Daily  

A container ship leaves Qingdao Port, Shandong province. China will continue to advance institutionalized opening-up, broaden market access for global businesses and advocate free trade agreements, fueling its economic growth and bolstering multilateralism in 2025, market observers and business executives said on Sunday. Noting that China gave the green light earlier this year for the establishment of wholly foreign-owned hospitals …

China's FDI inflow rises 6% in November
3 months, 2 weeks ago

China's FDI inflow rises 6% in November

China Daily  

Containers are unloaded at Qingdao Port in Shandong province. BEIJING -- Foreign direct investment in the Chinese mainland in actual use climbed 6 percent in November from the same period last year, the Ministry of Commerce said Saturday. From January to November, the actual use of FDI stood at 749.7 billion yuan, down 27.9 percent year-on-year. The proportion of actual …

China's FDI inflow rises 6% in November
3 months, 2 weeks ago

China's FDI inflow rises 6% in November

China Daily  

BEIJING -- Foreign direct investment in the Chinese mainland in actual use climbed 6 percent in November from the same period last year, the Ministry of Commerce said Saturday. From January to November, the actual use of FDI stood at 749.7 billion yuan, down 27.9 percent year-on-year. The proportion of actual use of FDI in high-tech manufacturing rose 0.3 percentage …

India should not shy away from Chinese investment: Arvind Panagariya explains why
3 months, 2 weeks ago

India should not shy away from Chinese investment: Arvind Panagariya explains why

Live Mint  

India should remain open to investments from China like other developed countries like the United States and Germany, with an expectation from a handful of sectors, reported the news agency PTI on Thursday, December 12. The activities from which you want to exclude are relatively few because I don't see other countries restricting Chinese investment in large number of sectors,” …

China's zero-tariff policy boon for least developed countries
3 months, 3 weeks ago

China's zero-tariff policy boon for least developed countries

China Daily  

An employee operates a touch panel in a workshop at a foreign-funded electronics manufacturing enterprise in Rongcheng, Shandong province, on Feb 23. "China's international fairs are really great platforms for African enterprises to find new opportunities, and purchasers usually consider our agricultural products to be good value for the money, thanks to China's zero-tariff treatment on most of them," said …

China's zero-tariff policy boon for least developed countries
3 months, 3 weeks ago

China's zero-tariff policy boon for least developed countries

China Daily  

An employee operates a touch panel in a workshop at a foreign-funded electronics manufacturing enterprise in Rongcheng, Shandong province, on Feb 23. "China's international fairs are really great platforms for African enterprises to find new opportunities, and purchasers usually consider our agricultural products to be good value for the money, thanks to China's zero-tariff treatment on most of them," said …

China's door opening even wider to foreign visitors, businesses
4 months, 3 weeks ago

China's door opening even wider to foreign visitors, businesses

China Daily  

The skyline of Beijing. On top of the national level import-themed expo, China has recently unveiled a series of initiatives, including broadened visa-free policies and eased investment restrictions, to open its doors even wider to foreign visitors, investors and business doers. This year's CIIE, running on Nov 5-10 in China's commercial hub of Shanghai, brings together participants from 152 countries, …

China's door opening even wider to foreign visitors, businesses
4 months, 3 weeks ago

China's door opening even wider to foreign visitors, businesses

China Daily  

The skyline of Beijing. On top of the national level import-themed expo, China has recently unveiled a series of initiatives, including broadened visa-free policies and eased investment restrictions, to open its doors even wider to foreign visitors, investors and business doers. This year's CIIE, running on Nov 5-10 in China's commercial hub of Shanghai, brings together participants from 152 countries, …

Global Manufacturers Embracing China's Manufacturing Revival: CIIE 2024
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Global Manufacturers Embracing China's Manufacturing Revival: CIIE 2024

China Daily  

Motivated by China's complete removal of market access restrictions for foreign investors in the manufacturing sector, multinational corporations attending the seventh China International Import Expo are expected to deploy more resources in the country, with a particular focus on high-end manufacturing.

China holds wide appeal for investors
4 months, 3 weeks ago

China holds wide appeal for investors

China Daily  

Motivated by China's complete removal of market access restrictions for foreign investors in the manufacturing sector, executives from multinational corporations attending the seventh China International Import Expo said they will deploy more resources in the country, with a particular focus on high-end manufacturing. Attracted by China's innovation capability, business model transformation and bilateral and multilateral free trade deals, many global …

Foreign Firms Embracing China's Openness: A Strategic Playground for Investment
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Foreign Firms Embracing China's Openness: A Strategic Playground for Investment

China Daily  

Foreign companies are expressing strong interest in investing in China, with 90% of surveyed firms rating the business environment as satisfactory or higher. The country's economic growth and institutional openness are key drivers of this interest, with foreign companies planning to increase their investment in China by 2.07 percentage points from the previous quarter. The primary areas of investment include …

Survey: Foreign firms willing to invest
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Survey: Foreign firms willing to invest

China Daily  

A view of CBD area in Beijing on June 20, 2023. China's ongoing progress in market openness, product innovation and business model transformation will secure its position as a strategic priority for multinational corporations, creating long-term financial returns, said market watchers and corporate executives on Thursday. According to a report released on Thursday by the China Council for the Promotion …

Foreign-invested firms in China up 11.4% in first 9 months
5 months ago

Foreign-invested firms in China up 11.4% in first 9 months

China Daily  

Lujiazui, the financial center in Shanghai, forms a perfect backdrop to the Bund area. BEIJING -- A total of 42,108 new foreign-invested firms were established across China in the first nine months of 2024, up 11.4 percent year on year, the Ministry of Commerce said on Friday. During this period, foreign direct investment in the Chinese mainland in actual use …

Foreign Investment in Services: A Vital Driver of Growth and Consumption in China
5 months, 1 week ago

Foreign Investment in Services: A Vital Driver of Growth and Consumption in China

China Daily  

China's service sector has witnessed a significant surge in foreign direct investment, with services accounting for 68.6 percent of total foreign capital utilization last year. The sector has shown remarkable resilience, with retail sales of services growing at a faster pace than goods retail. The government remains committed to fostering service consumption, with policies aimed at improving people's livelihoods and …

Trade, opening-up surging over years
6 months ago

Trade, opening-up surging over years

China Daily  

In the early stages, foreign companies sent their managers, sales experts and engineers, along with product samples, to cities like Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou, Guangdong province to establish representative offices and test the viability of the Chinese market — particularly during the 1980s. With products manufactured in China being supplied to both domestic and international markets, foreign enterprises like France's …

Trade, opening-up surging over years
6 months ago

Trade, opening-up surging over years

China Daily  

In the early stages, foreign companies sent their managers, sales experts and engineers, along with product samples, to cities like Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou, Guangdong province to establish representative offices and test the viability of the Chinese market — particularly during the 1980s. With products manufactured in China being supplied to both domestic and international markets, foreign enterprises like France's …

China's two-way investment a global positive
6 months, 3 weeks ago

China's two-way investment a global positive

China Daily  

Merchants visit the "Invest in China" area of the 24th China International Fair for Investment and Trade in Xiamen, Fujian province, Sept 8, 2024. China's attractiveness in opening-up and cooperation is strengthening, and the two-way investment is realizing new development, Xinhua News Agency reported, quoting a report released during the International Investment Forum 2024 on Sunday. China's two-way investment brings …

Foreign direct investment in China optimizes, upgrades
7 months ago

Foreign direct investment in China optimizes, upgrades

China Daily  

A clerk counts yuan bank notes and US dollar bills at a branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China in Huaibei, East China's Anhui province. According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development's Global Investment Trends Monitor, excluding higher values in a few European conduit economies, global FDI flows had dropped by 18 percent in 2023, …

Nation to incentivize foreign investors
7 months, 1 week ago

Nation to incentivize foreign investors

China Daily  

China will roll out a set of initiatives aimed at incentivizing foreign investment, with the goal of enabling a greater number of global players to benefit from the dividends of the country's reform and opening-up policies, and promoting a win-win scenario, senior officials said on Friday. China will further relax restrictions on foreign investors making strategic investments in listed companies, …

Nation to incentivize foreign investors
7 months, 1 week ago

Nation to incentivize foreign investors

China Daily  

Lujiazui, the financial center in Shanghai, forms a perfect backdrop to the Bund area. China will roll out a set of initiatives aimed at incentivizing foreign investment, with the goal of enabling a greater number of global players to benefit from the dividends of the country's reform and opening-up policies, and promoting a win-win scenario, senior officials said on Friday. …

Roll out a red carpet for Chinese investment—but cautiously
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Roll out a red carpet for Chinese investment—but cautiously

Live Mint  

In 2021-22, India received its highest foreign direct investment inflow of $84 billion. Globally, one of the biggest FDI sources is China, which last year alone poured $148 billion into other economies, the world’s third highest, at a time when global aggregate FDI flows were falling. Of the cumulative FDI received since 2000, India approved only $2.5 billion from China, …

China taking steps to expand market access
7 months, 4 weeks ago

China taking steps to expand market access

China Daily  

Large ships under construction at a shipyard in Rongcheng, Shandong province. LI XINJUN/FOR CHINA DAILY China is taking significant steps to expand market access and encourage foreign investment across a wide range of industries such as finance, manufacturing and services, the Ministry of Commerce said on Friday. China is revising and will publish the regulations for strategic investments by foreign …

Chinese FDI seen as vital for Indians
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Chinese FDI seen as vital for Indians

China Daily  

By APARAJIT CHAKRABORTY in New Delhi and XU WEIWEI in Hong Kong | China Daily | Updated: 2024-08-01 09:42 The renewed inflow of Chinese foreign direct investment will be very positive for India, said experts after senior officials expressed recently that they welcomed fresh Chinese investments, given China's key role in the global supply chains and the benefits such investments …

Govt's stand on Chinese investment unchanged, Economic Survey an independent report: Piyush Goyal
8 months ago

Govt's stand on Chinese investment unchanged, Economic Survey an independent report: Piyush Goyal

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said there has been no rethink on the government's stand on allowing Chinese investment and the views expressed in the Economic Survey do not represent the government's views. During the Question Hour, Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi alleged that India has become dependent on China and quoted the Economic Survey, saying it supported …

Government may review restrictions on FDI from China
8 months ago

Government may review restrictions on FDI from China

Hindustan Times  

The government is holding discussions whether to review the Press Note 3 that restricted foreign direct investments, particularly from China, in April 2020 after some Chinese entities attempted “opportunistic” acquisitions of Indian companies taking advantage of financial stress caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, two officials said on Wednesday. On Monday, the Economic Survey, prepared by chief economic advisor V Anantha …

Policies set to boost foreign investment
8 months, 1 week ago

Policies set to boost foreign investment

China Daily  

China's continuous reform measures and high-level opening-up will inject fresh momentum into its economic growth, creating more opportunities for multinational corporations to invest and thrive in the country, said market observers and business executives on Sunday. They added that China's accelerated cultivation of new quality productive forces, along with its industrial transformation and upgrading, will further facilitate trade and investment …

Country will open door wider as it remains committed to higher standard opening-up: China Daily editorial
8 months, 1 week ago

Country will open door wider as it remains committed to higher standard opening-up: China Daily editorial

China Daily  

The Resolution of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Further Deepening Reform Comprehensively to Advance Chinese Modernization approved by the third plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committee upon its conclusion in Beijing on Thursday sends a clear message that China will not give up eating for fear of choking. As set out in the …

Nation's opening to further intensify
8 months, 1 week ago

Nation's opening to further intensify

China Daily  

A foreign tourist takes pictures of a child wearing traditional Chinese apparel in Changsha, Hunan province, on May 14. "We will turn China's vast market into a major opportunity for the world," he said, adding that Beijing will continue to make life more convenient for foreign travelers in terms of accommodation, medical services and payments. Mu Hong, deputy director of …

Efforts to draw more foreign investment
8 months, 1 week ago

Efforts to draw more foreign investment

China Daily  

JIN DING/CHINA DAILY China is set to intensify its efforts to attract and harness foreign investment, with a specific focus on removing market access restrictions in the manufacturing industry and introducing pilot measures to expand the opening-up of the service sector. China's increasing economic growth, large consumer base and technological advancements are strong incentives for foreign businesses seeking opportunities to …

Efforts to draw more foreign investment
8 months, 1 week ago

Efforts to draw more foreign investment

China Daily  

Policies aim to boost confidence as complex global landscape hinders inflow of capital China is set to intensify its efforts to attract and harness foreign investment, with a specific focus on removing market access restrictions in the manufacturing industry and introducing pilot measures to expand the opening-up of the service sector. China's increasing economic growth, large consumer base and technological …

Efforts to draw more foreign investment
8 months, 1 week ago

Efforts to draw more foreign investment

China Daily  

Policies aim to boost confidence as complex global landscape hinders inflow of capital China is set to intensify its efforts to attract and harness foreign investment, with a specific focus on removing market access restrictions in the manufacturing industry and introducing pilot measures to expand the opening-up of the service sector. China's increasing economic growth, large consumer base and technological …

Efforts to draw more foreign investment
8 months, 1 week ago

Efforts to draw more foreign investment

China Daily  

chinadaily.com.cn| Updated :2024-07-17 Policies aim to boost confidence as complex global landscape hinders inflow of capital China is set to intensify its efforts to attract and harness foreign investment, with a specific focus on removing market access restrictions in the manufacturing industry and introducing pilot measures to expand the opening-up of the service sector. China's increasing economic growth, large consumer …

High-quality development, foreign investment interdependent
8 months, 4 weeks ago

High-quality development, foreign investment interdependent

China Daily  

A view of the Huangpu River in Shanghai. Against this backdrop, high institutional quality plays a crucial role in helping China effectively utilize foreign investment and maintain stable development in a volatile environment. Therefore, China currently needs foreign investment, and the country's high-quality development requires high-quality foreign investment. With regard to the second question, the key to attracting high-quality foreign …

Nation vows to further deepen opening-up
9 months ago

Nation vows to further deepen opening-up

China Daily  

An aerial view of Canton Tower in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province. YANG HE/FOR CHINA DAILY China will intensify efforts to further attract foreign investment, in order to drive the growth of the world's second-largest economy in the new development paradigm, according to an executive meeting of the State Council, the country's Cabinet, on Wednesday. The meeting, which was chaired …

Nation vows to further deepen opening-up
9 months ago

Nation vows to further deepen opening-up

China Daily  

An aerial view of Canton Tower in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province. China will intensify efforts to further attract foreign investment, in order to drive the growth of the world's second-largest economy in the new development paradigm, according to an executive meeting of the State Council, the country's Cabinet, on Wednesday. The meeting, which was chaired by Premier Li Qiang, …

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