NDRC Reportedly Pushing New Batch of Foreign Investment Projects Worth $13.4 Billion

SighingCashier · 2026-03-17T13:30:34+00:00

China's National Development and Reform Commission recently introduced 13 landmark major foreign investment projects with planned investments of $13.4 billion, primarily concentrated in manufacturing and logistics sectors. The new projects feature diversified investment sources, attracting investments from companies in the UK, Germany, and other countries. Despite a decline in foreign investment attraction in 2025, FDI reached 92.01 billion yuan in January, indicating an upward trend.

SighingCashier

2026-03-17 13:30:34

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According to CCTV news reports, the National Development and Reform Commission recently launched a new batch of 13 landmark major foreign investment projects, with a planned investment of $13.4 billion. The newly selected projects mainly focus on manufacturing, including electronics manufacturing, chemicals, automobiles, machinery, and more.

The report states that this year, logistics projects were included in the list of new landmark major foreign investment projects for the first time, continuing to support R&D centers in fields such as biomedicine. Additionally, the sources of investment have become more diverse, including multinational companies from the UK, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Turkey, and others.

According to the report, this year marks the ninth time the NDRC has updated the list of landmark major foreign investment projects. To date, these projects have accumulated a total investment of $108 billion.

During the Two Sessions, Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao stated at an economic-themed press conference that China has a huge market with abundant scenarios, making it an experimental and application platform for innovation and R&D by foreign companies; China welcomes more foreign enterprises to invest and develop in the country.

China’s foreign direct investment (FDI) scale in 2025 has decreased for the third consecutive year, with the actual utilized FDI reaching its lowest level in 11 years. However, the year-on-year decline has significantly narrowed compared to last year. In January, FDI reached 92.01 billion RMB, down 5.7% year-on-year, but the actual scale was the highest in 10 months.

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