Foreign direct investment (FDI) in China in the January-August period of the current year totaled $85.88 billion, up 4.5 percent year on year, with a total of 18,538 new companies set up by foreign investment in China, up 10.2 percent year on year, as announced by China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC).
In particular, in the January-August period of the current year FDI by the US, the UK and Germany in China increased by 79.7 percent, 96.6 percent and 79.2 percent year on year, respectively.