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China: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)

79.98Bcurrent USD · 2025-67.0% since 2015

Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in the reporting economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Annual figures for China from 1979 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
202579,979,865,650.02
202442,646,542,014.57
202351,338,076,801.59
2022190,203,789,092.51
2021344,074,977,062.48
2020253,095,616,058.58
2019187,169,822,364.755
2018235,365,050,036.341
2017166,083,755,721.648
2016174,749,584,584.05
2015242,489,331,627.398
2014268,097,181,064.335
2013290,928,431,467.003
2012241,213,868,161.42
2011280,072,219,149.934
2010243,703,434,558.177
2009131,057,052,869.5
2008171,534,650,311.568
2007156,249,335,203.201
2006124,082,035,618.505
2005104,108,693,867.085
200468,117,272,181.219
200357,900,937,467.386
200253,073,618,897.404
200147,053,000,000
200042,095,300,000
199941,014,000,000
199845,644,000,000
199745,439,000,000
199640,180,000,000
199535,849,200,000
199433,787,000,000
199327,515,000,000
199211,156,000,000
19914,366,000,000
19903,487,000,000
19893,393,000,000
19883,194,000,000
19872,314,000,000
19861,875,000,000
19851,659,000,000
19841,258,000,000
1983636,000,000
1982430,000,000
1981265,000,000
198057,000,000
197980,000

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund, UN Conference on Trade and Development. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-foreign-direct-investment-net-inflows (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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