Money flows into China

The foreign direct investments (FDI) to China increased for the sixth consecutive month in the January of 2010. On the basis of the most recent datas, 8.1 billion USD new capital arrived to the country, 7.8 percent more than a year ago.

In December, FDI expanded by 12.1 billion USD, which is almost a 100 percent growth in an annual comparison. A total of 90 billion USD arrived to the Asian country last year, a 2.3 percent decreased occured, compared to 2008. In 2008, the annual level of capital inflows was increased by 23.6 percent, but towards the end of the year, as the the global economic crisis became deeper, the process began to slow down and a 33 percent drop was measured in the January of 2009 in an annual comparison – reports ProfitLine.hu.