CCTV News: On March 16, a relevant official from the Ministry of Commerce said that in 2025, foreign investment will be stabilized, including the national economic and technological development zone, the national comprehensive pilot demonstration of expanding the opening up of the service industry, and the free trade pilot zone, and other platforms, to enhance the efficiency of the open platform.
According to reports, there are currently 232 national-level economic and technological development zones in the country. These national-level economic and technological development zones contribute one-tenth of the country's GDP and more than one-fifth of the total amount of foreign capital utilization, with an area of less than three thousandths of the country.
In addition, in 2024, the total amount of foreign investment absorbed by the service industry reached US$41.3 billion, accounting for about 50.2% of the foreign investment absorbed by China's service industry.
The "2025 Action Plan for Stabilizing Foreign Investment" released in February 2025 also mentioned that it is necessary to enhance the efficiency of open platforms, improve the level of outward-oriented economic development of national-level economic and technological open zones, and implement the strategy of upgrading free trade pilot zones.
Wang Ya, deputy director of the Foreign Investment Department of the Ministry of Commerce, said that with the gradual emergence of policy effects such as the "2025 Action Plan for Stabilizing Foreign Investment", I believe that foreign-invested enterprises will usher in greater development opportunities in China.
Recently, a questionnaire released by the Japan Chamber of Commerce in China showed that 58% of member companies will increase or maintain the scale of investment in China in 2025. The American Chamber of Commerce in China also released a report showing that 53% of the surveyed U.S.-funded companies are expected to increase their investment in China in 2025.
