According to the report, global foreign direct investment (FDI) decreased by 2% to 1.75 trillion US dollars in 20 16 due to weak global economic growth and major risks in economic policies and geopolitics. However, the report also predicts that global foreign direct investment will show a moderate recovery momentum and the prospects are cautiously optimistic. In 20 17, global FDI will increase by 5%, reaching10.8 trillion USD.
In 2065,438+06, the FDI inflow of Asian developing economies decreased by 65,438+05% to US$ 443 billion, the first decline since 2065,438+02. However, China's foreign investment has developed steadily, with an inflow of $2 billion13.4 billion, which is slightly lower than the previous year by 1%, and still ranks third in the world. It is worth noting that in 20 16, China's foreign direct investment reached a record high and became the second largest investor in the world for the first time. In contrast, outflows from other Asian subregions and major foreign-invested economies have fallen sharply.
Zhan Xiaoning, editor-in-chief of the report and director of the Investment and Enterprise Division of UNCTAD, said in his interpretation on the day of the report's release that China's foreign investment has entered a stage of rapid growth, but it still faces challenges such as investment protectionism; However, due to the limited growth of global FDI flow and the weakening of China's cost advantage of production factors, China's absorption of foreign capital will not increase substantially in recent years.