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Chinese mainland uses less investment from Macao in Q1

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-05-13 11:06

Chinese mainland used $90 million of investment from Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) in the first quarter, down 56.9 percent from the same period last year, the Ministry of Commerce said in Beijing Tuesday.

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Chinese mainland approved 78 projects involving investment from Macao SAR in January-March period, down 21.2 percent from the same period last year, the ministry said.

The mainland approved 12,066 projects involving $8.32 billion of investment from Macao by the end of March, the ministry said.

Trade topped $480 million between the mainland and Macao during January-March period, down 23.9 percent year on year, the ministry said.