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China’s Foreign Firms Top 530k; High-Tech FDI Rises 20%

5/26/2026

Summary

China Attracts FDI

China’s foreign-invested enterprises topped 530,000, with 20,113 new firms added Jan-Apr 2026 and utilized FDI falling 10.3 % to 287.69 billion yuan.
High-tech industries attracted 116.33 billion yuan, up 20.3 % and 40 % of FDI, while manufacturing got 78.9 billion yuan and services 204.2 billion yuan.
FDI from Luxembourg, Switzerland, France and United States grew 110.3 %, 60.8 %, 58.3 % and 24.5 %, prompting the Ministry of Commerce to say it will keep supporting foreign-funded firms and handling complaints.

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Qingdao Summit Opens

The seventh Qingdao Multinationals Summit opens on June 15 in Shandong, drawing over 350 foreign executives from 36 countries and 435 corporate leaders, including 355 overseas and 80 domestic firms.
The summit is jointly hosted by the Ministry of Commerce and the Shandong Provincial Government.
Vice-Minister Yan Dong called the summit a flagship platform for the 15th Five-Year Plan, urging multinationals to integrate into China’s industrial, supply and innovation chains.

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Sharif Boosts Ties

Over 500 Chinese and Pakistani firms gathered at the Pakistan-China B2B Investment Conference in Hangzhou.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif urged deeper digital-economy ties and cited MoUs over $8 billion signed in Beijing.
Zhejiang Governor Liu Jie said 2025 two-way trade with Pakistan hit $6.74 billion and Chinese investment reached $116 million.
Ruanjiang Turing AI Tech Co Ltd said Pakistan seeks AI for healthcare and security, marking a shift to high-tech collaboration.

History

Historical Context

China’s 11 December 2001 WTO entry, championed by Jiang Zemin and Zhu Rongji, triggered sweeping legal reforms and opened special economic zones, attracting $16.2 billion of foreign investment by 1985. Decades of policy support lifted FDI to hundreds of billions, prompting Vice-Minister Yan Dong’s Qingdao summit and Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s Hangzhou talks to deepen high-tech supply-chain ties.

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China Attracts FDI

China’s foreign-invested enterprises topped 530,000, with 20,113 new firms added Jan-Apr 2026 and utilized FDI falling 10.3 % to 287.69 billion yuan.
High-tech industries attracted 116.33 billion yuan, up 20.3 % and 40 % of FDI, while manufacturing got 78.9 billion yuan and services 204.2 billion yuan.
FDI from Luxembourg, Switzerland, France and United States grew 110.3 %, 60.8 %, 58.3 % and 24.5 %, prompting the Ministry of Commerce to say it will keep supporting foreign-funded firms and handling complaints.

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