Doing Business with China

In 2000, the province 's use of foreign direct investment dropped by 11.96 per cent in contract value compared with 1999. Negative growth occurred in both equity and contractual joint ventures , while solely foreign- owned enterprises saw a slight increase of 5.98 per cent in total contract value (see Table 7.13.4).

Table 7.13.4: Utilization of foreign capital, Fujian Province, 1995 and 2000
 

Approved contracts

Actual utilization

Mode

Number

Total value (US$ million) year's total value

% change over previous year

Total value (US$ million) year's total value

% change over previous year

1995

Direct foreign investment:

2,728

8,906.47

24.05

4,038.81

 

     Equity joint ventures

858

1,735.84

 

1,248.72

 

     Contractual joint ventures

147

1,001.47

 

540.73

 

     Solely foreign-owned enterprises

1,723

6,141.16

 

2,249.36

 

2000

Direct foreign investment:

1,463

4,313.73

-11.96

3,803.86

-5.47

     Equity joint ventures

281

512.42

-50.43

745.48

-25.11

     Contractual joint ventures

27

99.71

-73.31

132.63

-68.51

Solely foreign-owned enterprises

1,155

3,701.60

5.98

2,923.65

11.99

Of the FDI projects approved in 2000, 1236 were production-orientated and 227 non-production.

At the beginning of 2000, 728 FIEs were in operation and by the end of the year an accumulative 15,887 had gone into production. FIEs played an important role in the local economy. The total industrial output value of the operating FIEs reached RMB153.865 billion in 2000, up 14.3 per cent over the previous year. Exports by FIEs totalled US$7.597 billion, up by 29.01 per cent over the previous year and accounting for 58.85 per cent of the total export value of the province.

Table 7.13.5: Key sources of foreign direct investment, Fujian Province

Source

Number of projects

Contract value (US$ million)

Hong Kong

602

2,125

Taiwan Province

213

321

British Virgin Islands

23

238

USA

79

210

The Philippines

60

176

Japan

72

169

UK

20

155

Singapore

58

102

Macao

28

49.58

Malaysia

14

46.43

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