China's foreign capital use in January was 97.59 billion formers... down 13.4% year-on-year - Chinese report

The number of new foreign investment companies established nationwide in January was 4,229, down 7.8% from the same month last year. The amount of foreign capital used on an actual basis was 97.59 billion formers (about 2.5%), down 13.4% from the same month last year.
By industry, the amount of foreign capital used by the manufacturing industry was 28.78 billion former (approximately 594 billion yen), while the service industry was 66.78 billion former (approximately 1.4 trillion yen).
Foreign capital investment in high-tech manufacturing was 12.24 billion former (approximately 252.6 billion yen), accounting for 12.5% of the total foreign capital investment, up 0.8 percentage points from the full year of 2024.
In addition, the use of foreign capital in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry increased by 68.4% compared to the same month last year, and the use of scientific and technological achievements transformation services increased by 23.9%.
By country/region of investment, the UK's investment in China increased by 324.4%.
In 2016, investment from overseas increased by 104.3%, followed by South Korea, which increased by 104.3%, the Netherlands, which increased by 76.1%, and Japan, which increased by 40.7% (including investment data through free ports).