According to the data issued by the Ministry of Commerce on July 17, from January to June 2013, Chinese investors had directly invested in 2,912 overseas companies in 144 countries and regions, and total direct investment in non-financial sectors reached $45.6 billion, up by 29 percent year on year.

In the first half of this year, investments in seven economies of Hong Kong, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the European Union (EU), Australia, the United States, Russia and Japan reached $32.2 billion, accounting for 71 percent of the total overseas direct investments over the same period of time, up by 17 percent year on year. Chinese investments in the United States, Australia and EU grew dramatically by 290 percent, 93 percent and 50 percent respectively; investments in Hong Kong remained steady growth of 5 percent; while investments in Japan dropped by 9.1 percent.

From January to June, provincial investments outbound reached $14.1 billion, up by 27 percent year on year, accounting for 31 percent of the national total over the same period. Guangdong, Shandong and Jiangsu provinces rank the top three.

From January to June, realized business turnoverof China’s contracted projects overseas amounted to $57.8billion, up by 15 percent year on year, and the value of newlysigned contracts was $76.7 billion, up by 15 percent year on year. The new projects each with a contract value above $50 million numbered 325 (240 at the same period of last year), amounting to $60.2 billion, accounting for 79 percent of the total value of new contacts. Among that, the projects each with a contract value above $100 million numbered 188, an increase of 48 over the same period of last year.

By the end of June 2013, total contract value of the projects overseas had reached nearly $1.0755 trillion with the realized turnover of $713.4 billion.