The national actual use of foreign capital June decline narrowed

Remin Xinhua News Agency spokesman Yao Jian said 15th that the month of June this year, the national actual use of foreign capital of 8.96 billion U.S. dollars, down 6.8% year-on-year, the decline has narrowed compared to the previous month. Yao said at a regular press conference here that June this year, the new batch of foreign-funded enterprises set up 2,529, down 3.8%, the contract foreign capital of 27.07 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 7.2%.　　The first half of the country's actual use of foreign capital 43.01 billion U.S. dollars, down 17.9%, the new approved the establishment of 10,419 foreign-invested enterprises, 83.73 billion U.S. dollars in contract, down 28.4%, 25.1% respectively. According to data from the Ministry of Commerce, since October 2008, the international financial crisis, China's actual absorption of foreign investment has declined for 9 consecutive months, including a 6-month decline of more than two digits, contracted foreign investment in 7 months, the largest decline of more than 50%.　　The net profit of foreign-invested enterprises in industrial enterprises above the scale of May fell by 22.4%, and the scale of capital reduction by foreign enterprises increased.　　Yao said that the Ministry of Commerce will continue to work with relevant departments to actively promote policies and measures conducive to upgrading the industrial structure, benefiting the central and western regions to absorb foreign investment, improving services and optimizing the investment environment. (Remin)