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Core Tip:Despite China's cooling economy, the enthusiasm of the world's top 500 firms for setting up newbusiness in the nation shows no signs of abating.

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Despite China's cooling economythe enthusiasm of the world's top 500 firms for setting up newbusiness in the nation shows no signs of abating.

The multinationalsoptimism in China's economic outlook helped the country attract 781.4 billionyuan ($126.3 billionin nonfinancial foreign direct investment in 2015 despite the economicslowdownup 6.4 percent from 2014, said the Ministry of Commerce on Thursday.

"The world's top 500 companies are still optimistic about the Chinese market and investmentprospectsand their continuous investment and expansion in the country reflect a commitment toChina's economic outlook," said Tang Wenhongdirector-general of the Ministry of Commerce'sdepartment of foreign investment administration.

Automobiles and auto partspetrificationenergyinfrastructurebiologypharmaceuticals,communicationfinance and software services attracted the most foreign direct investmenthesaid.

Tang raised examples of Volkswagen AGDeutsche Lufthansa AGSumsung Electronics CoLtdNippon Electric Glass Co LtdBridgestone GroupItochu Corp and Intel Corp as companieswhich have invested substantially in the fields mentioned above in 2015.

United States ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies Inc has committed to invest 6.3 billion yuan inChinaaiming to break into its huge tourism industry with businesses ranging from transportationservices to automotive financingaccording to Reuters.

Starbucks Corp is also planning to open 500 stores this year in Chinaits largest market outsideof the USaiming to create 10,000 jobs in the country every year through 2019.

According to the ministryforeign-invested enterprises are playing a key role in Chinawithinvestment from overseas companies currently contributing to half of all foreign trade in China,one-quarter of industrial outputone-seventh of urban employment and one-fifth of tax income.

China is also attracting increased number of high-end functional organizationsincludingmultinational companiesregional headquarters and more than 2,400 research and developmentinstitutions so farit said.

Compared with traditional heavy industrieswhich have been facing continuous weaknesstheservices sector is more favored by foreign investorswhich has utilized 477.1 billion yuan offoreign investment in 2015, a year-on-year increase of 17.3 percentsaid the ministry.

Experts said the services sector has become a significant field of attracting foreign capitalandthe rise also illustrates a further optimization of the foreign capital industrial structure as well asChina's economic transformation and upgrading.

The services sector represents the overall strength of a country and China should further utilizeforeign capital in developing the sectorsaid Xing Houyuandeputy director of the ChineseAcademy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation at the Ministry of Commerce.

According to the ministrythe services sector accounted for 245.2 billion yuan of foreign directinvestment in 2015, with high-tech manufacturing accounting for 58.35 billion yuanup 9.5 percentfrom 2014 and accounting for 23.8 percent of investment in the manufacturing sector.

Barely any FDI was approved for industries including steelcement and shipbuildingthat aresuffering from overcapacityit said.

According to Tangfrom January to November last yearfree trade zones in GuangdongTianjinand Fujian attracted investment of 445.81 billion yuan from 6,040 overseas companies.

 

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