China and foreign-invested companies establish 12,603 companies in January-March: Chinese media

According to the latest data recently released by the Ministry of Commerce, the number of foreign-invested enterprises established nationwide in the first three months of this year reached 12,603, up 4.3 percent from the same period last year.
By industry, the actual amount of foreign capital inflow in the manufacturing industry was 71.51 billion former (approximately 1.4 trillion yen), and in the service industry it was 269.23 billion former (approximately 5.2 trillion yen).
The high-tech industry was worth 78.61 billion formers (approximately 1.5 trillion yen). Of these, electronic commerce (EC) services accounted for 193.33 billion formers (approximately 3.8 trillion yen).
The growth rate of the medical equipment manufacturing industry was 100.5%, biopharmaceutical manufacturing industry was 63.8%, aerospace aircraft and equipment manufacturing industry was 42.5%, and medical device equipment and manufacturing industry was 12.4%.
Looking at investment formers, ASEAN's investment in China on an executed basis increased by 56.2%, followed by the European Union (EU) by 11.7%. Others included Switzerland, which increased by 76.8%, and the UK,
China saw a 60.5% increase, Japan a 29.1% increase, and South Korea a 12.9% increase.