According to data published in China's balance of international payments (BOP), quarterly foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to China amounted to around -12.7 billion U.S. dollars in the third 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 3rd quarter 2024
(in billion U.S. dollars)
* 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. (November 8, 2024). Quarterly value of inward FDI flows to China according to balance of payment data from 1st quarter 1998 to 3rd quarter 2024 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1422705/china-quarterly-value-of-foreign-direct-investment-inflows-according-to-bop/
State Administration of Foreign Exchange. "Quarterly value of inward FDI flows to China according to balance of payment data from 1st quarter 1998 to 3rd quarter 2024 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. November 8, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1422705/china-quarterly-value-of-foreign-direct-investment-inflows-according-to-bop/
State Administration of Foreign Exchange. (2024). Quarterly value of inward FDI flows to China according to balance of payment data from 1st quarter 1998 to 3rd quarter 2024 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1422705/china-quarterly-value-of-foreign-direct-investment-inflows-according-to-bop/
State Administration of Foreign Exchange. "Quarterly Value of Inward Fdi Flows to China According to Balance of Payment Data from 1st Quarter 1998 to 3rd Quarter 2024 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Nov 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1422705/china-quarterly-value-of-foreign-direct-investment-inflows-according-to-bop/
State Administration of Foreign Exchange, Quarterly value of inward FDI flows to China according to balance of payment data from 1st quarter 1998 to 3rd quarter 2024 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1422705/china-quarterly-value-of-foreign-direct-investment-inflows-according-to-bop/ (last visited December 18, 2024)
Quarterly value of inward FDI flows to China according to balance of payment data from 1st quarter 1998 to 3rd quarter 2024 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], State Administration of Foreign Exchange, November 8, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1422705/china-quarterly-value-of-foreign-direct-investment-inflows-according-to-bop/
