Ministry of Commerce: From January to July 2026, China attracted 438.33 billion yuan in foreign investment

```htmlAccording to data from the Ministry of Commerce, from January to July 2026, a total of 37,711 new foreign-invested enterprises were established nationwide, an increase of 4.4% year-on-year; the actual use of foreign capital amounted to 438.33 billion RMB, a decrease of 6.2% compared to the previous year. By industry, the manufacturing sector actually used 109.43 billion RMB in foreign capital, while the service sector used 319.95 billion RMB in foreign capital. High-tech industries used 182.31 billion RMB in foreign capital, an increase of 32.7% year-on-year, accounting for 41.6% of the country’s total actual use of foreign capital, up by 12.2 percentage points compared to the same period last year. Among them, R&D and design services, scientific and technological achievement transformation services, and electronics and communication equipment manufacturing saw actual foreign capital usage grow by 72.1%, 62.2%, and 39.9%, respectively. By source, actual investment from Saudi Arabia, France, and South Korea in China increased by 343.7%, 36.1%, and 15.8%, respectively (including investment data via freeports). (Ministry of Commerce)```