Citing figures released by China’s Ministry of Commerce, the Global Times said FDI into China dropped by 0.24 percent in October from the previous year to $8.31 billion, not including foreign investment in the banking, securities and insurance sectors.
This compares to a year-on-year drop of 6.81 percent in September‘s FDI reading.
China's foreign investment inflows have maintained a downward spiral this year amid a continued slowdown seen in the economy, except for May when FDI rose by 0.05 percent over a year earlier to $9.23 billion.
During the first 10 months of the year, the country’s actualized FDI was down 3.45 percent year-on-year to $91.74 billion. However, the ministry's spokesman Shen Danyang said, “the current (negative growth) indicates a period of transition, and (the actualized FDI) will resume its growth momentum in the future,” according to the Global Times.
FDI from 27 member countries of the European Union fell by 5 percent from January to October, but the FDI from countries including the United States, Japan, South Korea and Singapore saw positive growth during the same period, the ministry said.
Despite a rise of 10.9 percent in Japan’s FDI in China during the first 10 months, “direct investment from Japan came to $459 million in October, down 32.4 percent on the year,” the Nikkei business daily reported.
Japan‘s FDI into China has taken a hit during the territorial dispute between Beijing and Tokyo.
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