The scale of China’s two-way investment continued to expand in 2025, said Yan Dong, Vice Minister of Commerce, at a press conference on China’s commerce work and performance in 2025 in Beijing on Tuesday.

"Two-way investment continued to expand. In attracting foreign direct investment (FDI), we stepped up efforts to attract and utilize foreign capital, expand voluntary opening up of services sector orderly and continue to enhance the investing China brand. Throughout the year, over 70,000 new foreign-funded enterprises were established in China, up by 19.1 percent. In 2025, actual use of FDI in the Chinese mainland totaled 747.69 billion yuan (about 107.2 billion U.S. dollars), of which 32.3 percent flowed into high-tech industry," he said.

"As for outbound investment, we advanced international cooperation on industrial and supply chains, facilitated integration of trade and investment, deepened economic and trade cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative and improved the comprehensive service system for overseas investments. Throughout 2025, China’s total outbound direct investment (ODI) in non-financial sectors grew by 1.6 percent to 1 trillion yuan (about 143.4 billion U.S. dollars), and newly signed contract value for foreign contracted projects reached 2.1 trillion yuan (about 301.1 billion U.S. dollars), up by 8.5 percent," he said.