In 2019, 40,888 enterprises (excluding banking, securities and insurance) with foreign direct investment were established, a decrease of 32.5 percent over that of the previous year, and the foreign direct investment actually utilized totaled 941.5 billion yuan, up by 5.8 percent, or 138.1 billion US dollars, up by 2.4 percent.
Specifically, there were 5,591 newly established enterprises receiving direct investment from countries along the Belt and Road, up by 24.8 percent; and foreign capital directly invested in China (including the investment in China via some free ports) reached 57.6 billion yuan, up by 36.0 percent, or 8.4 billion US dollars, up by 30.6 percent. In 2019, the foreign investment actually utilized by high technology industry reached 266.0 billion yuan, up by 25.6 percent, or 39.1 billion US dollars, up by 21.7 percent.