China's 2019 FDI up 5.8%, outbound investment falls 6%

[beijingwalker]

China's 2019 FDI up 5.8%, outbound investment falls 6%

BUSINESS NEWS
JANUARY 21, 2020 / 10:25 AM /

BEIJING (Reuters) - Foreign direct investment (FDI) in China in 2019 rose 5.8% from a year earlier to 941.5 billion yuan ($136.71 billion), the commerce ministry said on Tuesday.

China’s outbound direct investment (ODI) declined 6% to 807.95 billion yuan.

($1 = 6.8870 Chinese yuan renminbi)

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...5-8-outbound-investment-falls-6-idUSKBN1ZK05I

 

[beijingwalker]

Many foreign new channels are reporting foreign investments are pulling out of China because of the trade war last year, wishful thingking can rarely becomes reality.

 

[AViet]

Many foreign new channels are reporting foreign investments are pulling out of China because of the trade war last year, wishful thingking can rarely becomes reality.

How I can invest in China? My brother owns a company registered in Hong Kong, but he says it is very difficult for Vietnamese to invest in China.

 

[patero]

So you don't think FDI is up because China has artificially raised returns on debt instruments and equities, and is actually using most of the FDI surplus to balance its current account?

 

[beijingwalker]

 

[patero]

I'll ask again: So you don't think FDI is up because China has artificially raised returns on debt instruments and equities, and is actually using most of the FDI surplus to balance its current account? The graph you just posted just tells us what we already know, that the FDI is up.

 

[beijingwalker]

I'll ask again: So you don't think FDI is up because China has artificially raised returns on debt instruments and equities, and is actually using most of the FDI surplus to balance its current account? The graph you just posted just tells us what we already know, that the FDI is up.

Not an expert, don't know.