Jan-Aug 2026: China registered 42,582 newly established foreign-invested
enterprises, up 0.3% YoY, while actual use of FDI fell 5.3% YoY to RMB 479.95
bln. By sector, services accounted for RMB 350.42 bln and manufacturing RMB
119.55 bln. High-tech industries attracted RMB 200.26 bln, up 35.1% YoY,
representing 41.7% of total FDI (up 12.4ppt). Within high-tech, FDI into R&D and
design services, technology commercialization services and electronic &
communication equipment manufacturing rose 74.0%, 64.2% and 41.9% respectively.
By source, investment from France, Switzerland and South Korea increased 39.2%,
16.7% and 16.5% (including free-port channel data).
