According to data published in China's balance of international payments (BOP), quarterly foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to China amounted to around 17.5 billion U.S. dollars in the fourth quarter of 2023. In the third quarter of 2023, inward FDI flows became negative for the first time since the start of the published timeline in 1998, with foreign investors pulling out more money out of the country than they invested.
Quarterly value of inward FDI flows to China according to balance of payment data from 1st quarter 1998 to 4th quarter 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars)
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State Administration of Foreign Exchange. (February 18, 2024). Quarterly value of inward FDI flows to China according to balance of payment data from 1st quarter 1998 to 4th quarter 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 28, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1422705/china-quarterly-value-of-foreign-direct-investment-inflows-according-to-bop/
State Administration of Foreign Exchange. "Quarterly value of inward FDI flows to China according to balance of payment data from 1st quarter 1998 to 4th quarter 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. February 18, 2024. Statista. Accessed April 28, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1422705/china-quarterly-value-of-foreign-direct-investment-inflows-according-to-bop/
State Administration of Foreign Exchange. (2024). Quarterly value of inward FDI flows to China according to balance of payment data from 1st quarter 1998 to 4th quarter 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 28, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1422705/china-quarterly-value-of-foreign-direct-investment-inflows-according-to-bop/
State Administration of Foreign Exchange. "Quarterly Value of Inward Fdi Flows to China According to Balance of Payment Data from 1st Quarter 1998 to 4th Quarter 2023 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Feb 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1422705/china-quarterly-value-of-foreign-direct-investment-inflows-according-to-bop/
State Administration of Foreign Exchange, Quarterly value of inward FDI flows to China according to balance of payment data from 1st quarter 1998 to 4th quarter 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1422705/china-quarterly-value-of-foreign-direct-investment-inflows-according-to-bop/ (last visited April 28, 2024)
Quarterly value of inward FDI flows to China according to balance of payment data from 1st quarter 1998 to 4th quarter 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], State Administration of Foreign Exchange, February 18, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1422705/china-quarterly-value-of-foreign-direct-investment-inflows-according-to-bop/