Li Bin, from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange: In the first five months, the net inflow of foreign direct investment with equity nature to China increased by 16% year-on-year.

Li Bin, Deputy Director of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange and spokesperson, stated at a press conference on July 22 that since the beginning of this year, China's current account surplus has been stable and increasing, overall staying at a reasonable and balanced level, corresponding to the surplus in the financial account. The non-reserve financial account shows a deficit, roughly equal to the size of the current account surplus, indicating a pattern of autonomous balance in international payments. From January to May, foreign direct investment into China with equity nature had a net inflow of $31.1 billion, a 16% increase year-on-year; net inflows from securities investment into China were around $33 billion, reversing the trend of net outflows in the second half of last year.