Chapter 14 Foreign Direct Investment in China: Performance, Characteristics, and Prospects

Chunlai Chen

A chapter in The Evolving Role of Asia in Global Finance, 2011, pp 341-368 from Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Abstract: Large foreign direct investment (FDI) inflow is one of the most important features of China's economic reform and opening up to the outside world. Over the past 30 years, China has attracted over US$940 billion FDI inflows, making it the largest FDI recipient among the all developing countries. This chapter argues that FDI inflows into China have mostly come from developing economies, concentrated in China's east and southeast coastal regions, and biased toward the manufacturing sector. The large FDI inflows have greatly contributed to China's economic development. FDI has been playing an increasingly important role in China's economy in terms of capital formation, employment creation, export promotion, and integrating with the world economy. The global financial and economic crisis has had negative impact on FDI inflows into China. However, as compared to the large decline in FDI globally, FDI inflows into China have been resilient. China will continue to be one of the most attractive destinations for FDI in the future.

Keywords: Foreign direct investment; composition of sources; regional and sectoral distribution; contributions; prospects; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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