By Luo Shanshan from People’s Daily
China’s outward foreign direct investment (FDI) stock has reached over $1.8 trillion by the end of 2017, up by $451.65 billion from a year ago, said an official from the country’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) at a press conference held Friday.
At the press conference, the MOFCOM released the 2017 Statistical Bulletin of China’s Outward Foreign Direct Investment.
According to the bulletin, China’s outward FDI stock, distributed in 189 countries and regions, accounted for 5.9 percent of the global FDI outflows. China moved up 4 places on the list of global outward FDI stock, ranking the second in the world.
Statistics showed that China’s outward FDI in 2017 stood at $158.29 billion, down by 19.3 percent year on year. It is the first negative growth since China released annual statistics in 2003, but it is still the second highest number in history.
China’s outward FDI has accounted for over 10 percent of the world’s total for two consecutive years. It is seeing greater influence in global FDI, with the FDI flow only after the US and Japan. On two-way investment, China’s FDI flow has outrun foreign investment attraction for three years in a row.
China’s FDI in 2017 was widely distributed in multiple industries, and the stock in the six major sectors exceeded $100 billion. In addition, China has conducted merger and acquisition in plenty of fields, creating a historical high in overseas financing.
Besides, China’s investment in Europe and Africa enjoyed rapid growth, and the investment in Belt and Road countries saw a growth of 30 percent.
Chinese enterprises made prominent contribution to the host countries regarding both fiscal revenue and employment, achieving win-win result through foreign investment. In 2017, Chinese enterprises paid a total of $37.6 billion taxes to the host countries and hired 1.71 million local employees, up 367,000 from a year ago.
人民日报记者罗珊珊
在28日商务部举办的《2017年度中国对外直接投资统计公报》新闻发布会上，商务部有关负责人介绍，2017年末，我国对外直接投资存量18090.4亿美元，占全球外国直接投资流出存量份额的5.9%，分布在全球189个国家地区，存量规模比上年末增加4516.5亿美元，在全球存量排名跃升至第二位，较上年前进4位。
数据显示，2017年我国对外直接投资1582.9亿美元，同比下降19.3%，这是自2003年我国发布年度统计数据以来，首次出现负增长，但仍是历史上第二高位，占全球比重连续两年超过一成。我国对外投资在全球外国直接投资中的影响力不断扩大，投资流量规模仅次于美国和日本，位居全球第三。从双向投资情况看，我国对外直接投资流量已连续三年高于吸引外资。
2017年对外投资还呈现以下特点：行业分布广泛，门类齐全，6大行业存量规模超千亿美元。并购领域广泛，境外融资规模创历史之最。对欧洲、非洲的投资快速增长，流向“一带一路”参与国家投资增长三成。境外企业对东道国税收和就业贡献明显，对外投资双赢效果显现，2017年境外企业向投资所在国缴纳的各种税金总额达376亿美元，雇用外方员工171万人，较上年末增加36.7万人。
引自人民日报