Quarterly FDI inflows according to BOP in China 1998-2024

Published by C. Textor, Feb 19, 2025

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 2024. 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 2024 (in billion U.S. dollars)

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February 2025

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China

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Q1 1998 to Q4 2024

Supplementary notes

* 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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