Ministry of Commerce: Non-financial foreign direct investment will reach 145.66 billion US dollars by 2025, a year-on-year increase of 1.3%.

The National Conference on Foreign Investment Cooperation and Foreign Aid Execution was held in Beijing on January 19th and 20th. The meeting pointed out that during the 14th Five-Year Plan period, the national commerce system resolutely implemented the decisions of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, optimized the international cooperation layout of the industrial chain and supply chain, improved the overseas comprehensive service system, and achieved significant results in the execution of foreign investment cooperation and foreign aid. Foreign investment has remained in the top three in the world for nine consecutive years, and the construction of "Overseas China" has taken a historic step. In 2025, non-financial foreign direct investment reached $145.66 billion, an increase of 1.3% year-on-year, ranking stably at the forefront of the world; the newly signed contract value for foreign engineering contracts reached $289.22 billion, an 8.2% increase, with continuous improvement in scale and effectiveness; 428,000 various types of laborers were dispatched overseas, a 4.6% increase; the quality and effectiveness of foreign aid continued to improve, effectively serving the high-quality development of the Belt and Road initiative. The meeting emphasized that 2026 is the opening year of the 15th Five-Year Plan, and the execution of foreign investment cooperation and foreign aid work plays an important role in expanding high-level external opening and creating a new win-win situation for cooperation. Commerce authorities at all levels should unify their thoughts and actions with the decisions of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, focus on the "three important" positions of commerce work, coordinate development and security, guide the reasonable and orderly cross-border layout of industrial chain and supply chain, promote the integrated development of trade and investment, improve the overseas comprehensive service system, effectively implement foreign investment management, strengthen foreign contract engineering and labor management, enhance the overall efficiency of foreign aid, tell the story of China well, safeguard overseas interests and security, and promote a good start and progress in foreign investment and economic cooperation during the 15th Five-Year Plan. Commerce authorities in provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, as well as representatives of relevant industry associations and enterprises attended the conference. Relevant departments of the Central Government and the State Council attended the meeting. Some local commerce authorities and enterprise representatives exchanged views at the meeting. This article is selected from the official website of the Ministry of Commerce, edited by GMTEight, Jiang Yuanhua.