Doing Business with China
Foreign direct investment came mainly from nine countries and regions across Asia, Oceania, Latin America and North America, the details of which are shown in Table 7.43.5.
| 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: | 56 | 101.55 | -82.09 | ||
| Equity joint ventures | 28 | 52.45 | -82.73 | ||
| Contractual joint ventures | 9 | 19.25 | 68.71 | ||
| Solely foreign-owned enterprises | 19 | 29.85 | -88.15 | ||
| 2000 | |||||
| Direct foreign investment: | 17 | 6.03 | -86.51 | 36.29 | -16.38 |
| Equity joint ventures | 6 | 6.03 | -47.57 | ||
| Contractual joint ventures | 1 | 0.06 | - | ||
| Solely foreign-owned enterprises | 10 | 6.92 | -86.52 | ||
| Source | No. of contracts | Contracted value(US$ million) | Actually utilized (US$ million) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong | 6 | 3.37 | 7.84 |
| Macao | 2.2 | ||
| Taiwan Province | 1.32 | 0.8 | |
| ASEAN | 3 | 0.62 | 3.65 |
| Singapore | 2 | 0.26 | 3.65 |
| Japan | 1 | 0.1 | 0.32 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 2.60 | 3.74 |
| USA | 2 | 0.44 | 1.91 |