Deloitte senior exec: Nation 'too attractive to ignore'
China DailyDeloitte's booth focuses on technology, green development and sustainability at the sixth CIIE. As the world's second-largest economy and the number one trading partner of more than 120 countries, China remains fundamentally connected to the rest of the world," Hill said. Although foreign direct investment in China contracted by 8 percent last year, partly because of a supply chain concentration risk after the COVID-19 pandemic, FDI declined 18 percent on average globally last year due to the interest rate hikes by the US Federal Reserve, said Hill. This indicates that consumption has overtaken investment to become the most important economic driver in China, as proven by consumption's 82.5 percent contribution to the country's GDP last year. About 40 percent of China's growth last year came from emerging green technology.