The number of newly approved foreign-funded enterprises in China totaled 5,937, up by 8.76% year-on-year, and actual used foreign investment reached US $30.34 billion, up by 29.42% year-on-year in January - March, 2011., according to Foreign Investment Bulletin.



The number of newly established enterprises funded by ten Asian countries/regions (Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Japan, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, ROK) are 4,717, up by 10.44% year-on-year, and the actual input are US$ 25.786 billion, up by 36.49% year-on-year. The number of newly established enterprises funded by US are 349, down by 3.32% year-on-year, and the actual input are US$812 million, down by 32.24% year-on-year. Enterprises funded by EU are 409, up by 14.89% year-on-year, and the actual input is US$ 2.057 billion, up by 26.54% year-on-year.



Top ten by country/region (based on actual utilized value of foreign capital) are: Hong Kong (US $19.687 billion), Taiwan (US $1.915 billion), Japan (US $1.831 billion), Singapore (US $1.494 billion), USA (US $812 million), UK (US $693 million), ROK (US $509 million), Germany (US $361 million), France (US $228 million), and Netherlands (US $173 million). The actual use of foreign capital of from the top ten accounts for 91.31% of total actual used foreign capital.



Note: The statistics cover investment in China by the said countries/regions from free ports of Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Samoa, Mauritius and Barbados.