According to data published in China's balance of international payments (BOP), quarterly foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to China amounted to around **** billion U.S. dollars in the first quarter of 2025. 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.
* Preliminary figure.
Figures for previous years have been taken from the time series data sheet of the balance of payments provided by the same source.
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State Administration of Foreign Exchange. (May 9, 2025). Quarterly value of inward FDI flows to China according to balance of payment data from 1st quarter 1998 to 1st quarter 2025 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 19, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1422705/china-quarterly-value-of-foreign-direct-investment-inflows-according-to-bop/
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Quarterly value of inward FDI flows to China according to balance of payment data from 1st quarter 1998 to 1st quarter 2025 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], State Administration of Foreign Exchange, May 9, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1422705/china-quarterly-value-of-foreign-direct-investment-inflows-according-to-bop/