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China FDI Inflows Hit $177bn: Securities Times

Global figure is more than double the scale of the second half of 2020 and 43% higher than the level before the 2019 pandemic


Employees work on an assembly line at the Ford car factory in Chongqing. Photo: AFP.

 

The OECD released data stating that global foreign direct investment (FDI) flows rebounded to $870 billion in the first half of this year, Securities Times reported.

That figure is more than double the scale of the second half of 2020 and 43% higher than the level before the 2019 pandemic.

Statistics from the Paris-based group of rich economies also show that China was the world’s largest recipient of FDI inflows with $177 billion.

Read the full report: Securities Times

 

 

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George Russell

George Russell is a freelance writer and editor based in Hong Kong who has lived in Asia since 1996. His work has been published in the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, New York Post, Variety, Forbes and the South China Morning Post.