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China registered robust growth in foreign direct investment (FDI) in high-tech industries during the first eight months of the year, despite a decline in overall inflows, according to the latest official data.

During this period, the FDI in high-tech industries surged 35.1 percent to 200.26 billion yuan (about 29.66 billion U.S. dollars), accounting for 41.7 percent of the national total, a rise of 12.4 percentage points from a year earlier, the Ministry of Commerce said.

A total of 42,582 new foreign-invested enterprises were established, up 0.3 percent year on year, while the FDI in actual use came in at 479.95 billion yuan, down 5.3 percent from the previous year.

During the first eight months of 2026, actual investment from France, Switzerland and the Republic of Korea grew by 39.2 percent, 16.7 percent and 16.5 percent, respectively, with investment via free ports included in these calculations.