China's FDI rises 2.5% in September

China's actual use of foreign capital rose 2.5 percent year-on-year in September, data from the Ministry of Commerce showed on Thursday.

During the first nine months of 2026, the country's actual use of foreign direct investment, or FDI, totaled 548.81 billion yuan ($82.23 billion), which was down 4.3 percent year-on-year, the ministry said in an online statement.

A total of 47,800 new foreign-invested enterprises were established across the country during the period, a decrease of 2.3 percent from a year earlier.

Foreign investment in high-tech industries surged 33.8 percent year-on-year to 228.53 billion yuan between January and September, accounting for 41.6 percent of the national total, up 11.9 percentage points from the same period last year.

The manufacturing industry attracted 131.94 billion yuan in FDI during the nine-month period, while the services sector received 404.81 billion yuan.

Foreign investment in China from Canada, France, Switzerland, the United States, and South Korea rose 90.5 percent, 31.8 percent, 26 percent, 7.7 percent, and 6.8 percent on a yearly basis, respectively, in the first three quarters, according to the Commerce Ministry.