Foreign firms still betting on China

Editor's note: Once again, the judgment is being trotted out that China is experiencing an outflow of foreign capital based on the withdrawal of a few foreign companies. Is this really the case? Three experts share their views on the issue with China Daily's Liu Jianna. Excerpts follow:

Hard facts show FDI is on the up

Some labor-intensive industries are indeed relocating to other countries, especially Southeast Asian countries where labor costs are relatively low. Yet this is not a new phenomenon, neither is it a consequence of the China-US trade dispute, which has experienced many twists and turns over the last few months.