Foreign Investment in China Drops for Fourth Month in April
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Foreign investment into China slowed for a fourth straight month in April, underscoring Beijing’s struggle to attract more overseas funds to boost its flagging economic growth.
New actually utilized foreign investment into China was 58.5 billion yuan ($8.1 billion) last month, according to calculations based on figures provided by the Ministry of Commerce on Friday. That was down 36% compared with the same month in 2023 and was the second-lowest result for any month since late 2019.