The Ministry of Commerce held a regular press conference, spokesman Sun Jiwen said that in January 2017, China's domestic investors a total non-financial direct investment in 983 overseas enterprises in 108 countries and regions around the world, to achieve a total investment of 53 billion 270 million yuan ($7 billion 730 million), down 35.7%. Compared with December 2016, a slight decrease of 4.6% qoq.
Although in January this year, investment growth has declined, but the real economy and emerging industry investment data eye-catching. Ministry of commerce data show that in January the main foreign investment in manufacturing and information transmission, software and information technology services. Among them, the manufacturing sector grew by 79.4%, software and information technology services grew by 33.1%. Manufacturing accounted for the proportion of total foreign investment increased from 13.4% in 2016 to $37.5%.
Sun Jiwen introduction, in January of this year, a substantial increase in the proportion of foreign investment in the manufacturing sector. Among them, the flow of equipment manufacturing funds amounted to $2 billion 290 million, an increase of 2.7 times the same period last year. At the same time, the flow of real estate and cultural education and entertainment industry, the proportion of a larger decline, down 84.3% and 93.3%, respectively.
China Industrial Overseas Development Association Secretary General and Zhenwei said in an interview with reporters, contrarian growth of foreign investment in the manufacturing sector, the reason is various, both to promote the policy factors, to the economic development of our country on the stage. It is foreseeable that the manufacturing industry will be in quite a long period of time to become the enterprise foreign investment hot spot".
The manufacturing sector increased 79.4% year-on-year trend
China's total foreign investment in January this year, although the decline, but the manufacturing was contrarian growth situation. Reporters from the press conference was informed that the growth of foreign investment in the manufacturing sector grew by 79.4%, accounting for the proportion of total investment of more than 30%.
Compared to the same period last year, in January 2016 China's non-financial foreign investment 78 billion 760 million yuan, of which investment in the manufacturing sector, an increase of 10 billion 600 million, an increase of 87.8%. Under the premise of higher growth last year, this year's foreign investment in the manufacturing sector is still showing an increase of nearly 80%.
He Zhenwei said that foreign investment contrarian growth in the manufacturing sector, and the first international capacity cooperation relationship. The State encourages cooperation in international production capacity in 12 areas, including chemical, electrical, engineering machinery manufacturing, shipbuilding, automobiles, etc., so that policy incentives are an important factor.
On the other hand, the Ministry of Commerce in conjunction with the relevant departments issued a document on the premise of the same system, the authenticity of the investment enterprise documents. We interpret this verification is strictly controlled financial investment, such as cultural, entertainment and other fields. Encourage physical investment, for enterprises, manufacturing is clearly the primary choice of physical investment." He Zhenwei said.
Last October, the international cooperation capacity "by the national development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Commerce in 13th Five-Year" plan has been formed. According to the plan, "13th Five-Year" period focus on promoting the "going out" will be the iron and steel, nonferrous metals, building materials, chemical industry, light industry, automobile, agriculture and other industries including equipment spare capacity advantages, the advantages of engineering machinery, aerospace, shipbuilding and marine engineering, and transportation, energy, communications and other infrastructure.
In terms of policy support, including improving the level of management of foreign direct investment, improve the filing system; to promote the transformation of the development of foreign contracted projects to improve the level of equipment exports, etc.. In addition, will further improve the taxation and financial policy support, such as increasing "two excellent" loans (preferential export buyer's credit and foreign preferential loans) scale, improve the "two excellent" preferential loans etc..
"The Belt and Road along the country into a new growth point
Sun Jiwen introduced in January this year, the "The Belt and Road along the country's non-financial direct investment accounted for 10.6% of total foreign investment than in the whole of 2016, accounting for an increase of 2.1 percentage points.
According to the Ministry of Commerce, the year 2016, China's enterprises to "The Belt and Road along the country's $14 billion 530 million of direct investment of foreign contracted projects; the new contract amount of $126 billion 30 million, which accounted for 51.6% of China's new contract amount of foreign contracted projects; turnover of US $75 billion 970 million, accounted for 47.7% of the total.
He Zhenwei told reporters that since 2016, the international trend of anti globalization. In particular, after Trump took office, the foreign investment has been to adopt a policy of strategic contraction, in order to protect the interests of domestic enterprises. In this context, "The Belt and Road" strategy will become a new growth point of China's foreign investment.
"The prices on the" The Belt and Road "along the country's investment is basically concentrated in infrastructure construction, roads, bridges or both, aided schools, power plant, machinery manufacturing needs. "The Belt and Road" strategy put forward three years, the manufacturing sector has improved, will certainly have a great relationship with the." He Zhenwei think.
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Institute of Finance Director Wang Guogang believes that an important way to strengthen the allocation of resources to promote the building of "global Chinese Belt and Road Initiative 'is.
Wang Guogang said, on the one hand, real estate occupied a large share of investment in infrastructure, the field is relatively weak and "The Belt and Road" along the countries and regions. On the other hand, multilateral relations can be developed in the process of investment, highlighting China's more equitable and transparent opening-up strategy.
It is worth noting that, "The Belt and Road" although the rapid growth of investment, but the share is not high.
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