外商直接投资
foreign direct investment (FDI)

Foreign direct investment (FDI) into the Chinese mainland, in actual use, expanded 25.6 percent year on year to 379.87 billion yuan in the first quarter of the year, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Thursday. In U.S. dollar terms, the inflow went up 31.7 percent year on year to 59.09 billion U.S. dollars.
商务部4月14日发布的数据显示，一季度，全国实际使用外资3798.7亿元人民币，同比增长25.6%；按美元计为590.9亿美元，同比增长31.7%（不含银行、证券、保险领域，下同）。