In the first half of the year, China's foreign investment cooperation was stable and orderly, with non-financial direct investment of 348.83 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 3.7% (equivalent to 53.9 billion US dollars, an increase of 4.7%) Guo Tingting, director of the comprehensive Department of the Ministry of Commerce, said at a press conference of the state information office on July 22.
According to Guo Tingting, one belt, one road, is deepening investment cooperation in the first half of this year. Investment in the "one belt, one road" area increased by 8.6%, accounting for 2 percentage points to 17.8% of the total foreign investment. Second, the investment structure was continuously optimized. The investment in information technology industry, scientific research service industry and transportation industry increased by 26.8%, 74.2% and 98.7% respectively. Third, the level of cooperation has been steadily improved. The turnover of foreign contracted projects was 439.76 billion yuan, an increase of 3.2%. 404 projects with newly signed contracts worth more than US $50 million, an increase of 6%. Fourth, win-win cooperation is fully demonstrated. As of the first half of the year, the overseas economic and trade cooperation zone had invested US $47 billion, paid about US $6 billion in taxes to the host country, and created 380000 local jobs.
Novel coronavirus pneumonia, a new international hospital, has reduced international investment exchanges, and China's foreign direct investment in the first half of this year has dropped by 3.7%, Pan Helin, executive director of the Digital Economics Research Institute of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, told reporters in the Securities Daily.In addition, the investment in the fields of information, scientific research and transportation is growing rapidly. The growth of information and scientific research is mainly due to two factors: one is the demand level, for example, in the aspect of pharmaceutical cro service outsourcing, China has its own industrial advantages; The second is to enhance the demand for domestic independent technology and enhance the comprehensive competitiveness of Chinese enterprises through mergers and acquisitions of overseas science and technology enterprises.
Liu Xiangdong, Vice Minister of the Economic Research Department of the China Center for international economic exchanges, told the Securities Daily that in the next step, safety should still be given a prominent position in foreign investment, especially the safety of life and property of overseas investment. In addition, we should manage overseas economic and trade cooperation zones well and comprehensively enhance the ability of win-win cooperation and development. At the same time, do a good job in the safety review of foreign investment, enhance the compliance review of foreign investment on the premise of ensuring national security, and reduce the compliance risk.
Pan Helin said that the epidemic is still the biggest uncertainty in foreign investment and cooperation in the near future. In the second half of the year, foreign investment should continue to focus on science and technology investment, and encourage enterprises to create technical barriers in China's manufacturing and service industries through self research and development breakthrough and introduction.
Guo Tingting said, the Ministry of Commerce will continue to do well in overseas projects and personnel epidemic prevention and control according to high standards, benefit people's livelihood and sustainable goals, strengthen international cooperation in anti epidemic, and promote the "one belt and one road" trade and investment optimization and upgrading, so as to promote the development of "one belt and one road" with high quality. We will continue to make new contributions to building a community of shared future for mankind.
One belt, one road, is expected to increase in the second half of this year and investment structure will continue to grow. The investment in the "one belt" will continue to grow at a higher rate, and investment in the digitalization, scientific research and transportation logistics industry will continue to exert momentum. In addition, with the gradual increase of recovery demand, the demand for foreign contracted projects will continue to rise. " Liu Xiangdong said.